How to get the most out of search engines in Vivaldi
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@neltherion said:
If you could provide adding POST-based search engines, That'd be great...
This is one of the most important functions for me and I miss the fact that it is impossible to add POST-based search engines
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Please can you add the icon of the current search engine to the search box so it is possible to see at a glance what the current search is.
Also, it would be good if the shortcut to use a specific engine worked in the search box, not just the address box.
Thanks for your consideration.
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After encouragement by your colleague Pettern (in this thread a few months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/vivaldibrowser/comments/6ksm8z/context_search_in_background_tab/) I filed a bug report/feature request for this weird behavior and another one to add the option to always open context searches in background tabs.
VB-29927 + VB-29928
To change the ranking of the searches after each search is very unintuitive and slows down the workflow significantly because you have to actively look for the desired search engine every single time.
I was told it would be a quick and simple fix.
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For all the privacy minded users, I would like to recommend the searx engine, which is open source, and can be installed on any server you want. You can try it at http://searx.me
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It would be nice if Vivaldi offered search suggestions for Google.
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@cqoicebordel said in How to get the most out of search engines in Vivaldi:
For all the privacy minded users, I would like to recommend the searx engine, which is open source, and can be installed on any server you want. You can try it at http://searx.me
I know Searx, Qwant and other search engines, each has its pros and cons, so it is normal to include several of them.
Mainly I use Startpage (and the multisearch engine Ixquick from the same company), to have the best results and to include a lot of functionality in advanced searches, to have a built-in proxie and to be able to see videos on the same page of the search results, without having to enter the corresponding page, among others .
With the separate searchbar I also use others for specific things -
@verter
You have to pay fees if you include Google suggestions in your product.
Make in manual with:http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q=%s%
In the second field of the search setting.
Cheers, mib
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Lately I'm using Qwant for searches, it's privacy oriented.
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@cheekybuddha said:
Please can you add the icon of the current search engine to the search box so it is possible to see at a glance what the current search is.
This is also requested at Feature requests for Vivaldi 1.14
"Show selected Search engine icon in the Search field." -
I usually use Ecosia for searches because I like the idea behind it, but I can't say that I have a real favorite search engine - and I use a couple of specialized ones:
Hints:
- If you use the suggest URL you see in the field at the bottom you get suggestions for Ecosia too.
- If you have problems adding a search engine because it doesn't show up in the context menu, maybe this helps: https://quhno.vivaldi.net/2017/10/20/how-to-add-search-engines-that-use-post-to-vivaldi/ (shameless self promotion )
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@quhno Regarding suggestions, I'm sure you meant to enter
https://ac.ecosia.org/?tt=vivaldi&q=%s&type=list
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I'm surprised to see that Google is "not" a partner. I will start "searching" for a different default search engine.
Does Google even partner with any browser other than the despised Chrome?
Come to think of it why use Chrome when Vivaldi is what Chrome wants to be? -
I'm surprised to see that Google is "not" a partner.
what? of course is not, and vivaldi aims hopefully to remove every connection with google that are embedded into chromium code.
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One of my favorite things is typing "yt" for YouTube in Quick Commands, and typing anything I want to search for on YouTube. It's such a quick way of searching YouTube.
Also, is there a possibility in the future to be able to image search for something in the context menu that isn't through Google? I love being able to right-click an image, and image searching for that image, but hate having to do it through Google. I know Google has that feature to do so through their search engine, but does StartPage or DDG have that ability? I would love it if Vivaldi had that option in the context menu to image search with either StartPage or DDG, as I get discouraged from using such a great feature because I have to use Google for it.
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I would not mind, if your ebay affiliate program also would work with a search key word e.g. eb .
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@neltherion: While I don't really know what POST-based search means, while you're editing a search engine in the settings by clicking the pencil icon button next to the search engine, or adding a new search engine, you can check "Use POST Method" to use POST.
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@mau the search string appears simple, just search something and it will be
https://caniuse.com/#search=something
so the search string can be entered in search engines as
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@mau probably it's not easy to detect all sites' search boxes. Everyone make them differently.
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One search I like to have is for directions using Google Maps.
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Your+Home+Address+Postal+Code/%s
Replace Your+Home+Address+Postal+Code with your own address to search Google maps and automatically receive directions to your search entry.
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@ugly said in How to get the most out of search engines in Vivaldi:
https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Your+Home+Address+Postal+Code/%s
Very good!
Thanks!