Image search engine, search options, Duckduckgo features
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Why the only image search available in Vivaldi is Bing? It is bad (works bad). And it has several other characteristics that really make me wonder why a (supposed) privacy protector has it as the default, with Duckduckgo available as one good choice (but not the only one!).
And why Duckduckgo is given as default search only for private windows? In the same kind of wonder I just said, there is no reason to choose Yahoo as the default search engine. It has several privacy problems, and is not a good search engine. There is Duckduckgo! There is searx!
Is there a deal with Yahoo and Bing (Microsoft) with Vivaldi that I do not know about?
And Duckduckgo has the bangs to search images, only specific domains or subdomains, and other features. Would be nice to have them facilitated by the browser.
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@dedeco
Hi, exactly what you are guessing, Vivaldi obtain income from placing search engines and speed dials.
You are free to change anything, delete the speed dials and so forth.
More detailed answers: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/Cheers, mib
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@dedeco said in Image search engine, search options, Duckduckgo features:
Why the only image search available in Vivaldi is Bing?
No, there's also Google.
There's not a lot more reverse image search engines, except Yandex (don't want that for obvious reasons), and some Chinese ones I think. I've added a couple custom ones myself, Google Lens and TinEye.
And Duckduckgo has the bangs to search images,
Ever tried?
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@Pathduck , google is the first thing i completely remove from Vivaldi, in every possible way. It does not make difference. I find everything I need without it, even hard things (several years ago, it did not find them either... removed it, then. It just sucks, although it has a big western market). So, only Bing is left here.
I want to put Duckduckgo image search in the browser! Is it possible? How?
And I want to put Yandex and all eastern engines as search options and images searchers too. "No Yandex for obvious reasons." I trust my data with Russia and China much more than I trust it with USA. Are there user pages (community?) about these?
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@Pathduck said in Image search engine, search options, Duckduckgo features:
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And Duckduckgo has the bangs to search images,
Ever tried?
d !i kittie catYes! I use them a lot. They are part of the features I meant to be given in easier ways, where and when they can. I think it can be a way to attract more users to Vivaldi, and it can even become a business partnership, I imagine.
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@dedeco said in Image search engine, search options, Duckduckgo features:
google is the first thing i completely remove from Vivaldi, in every possible way.
Then why do you claim that "the only image search available in Vivaldi is Bing"? When you have removed Google yourself?
I want to put Duckduckgo image search in the browser! Is it possible? How?
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tools/search/#Add_a_New_Search_Engine
DDG does not have reverse image search, so you'll need to add a new regular search for images.
Also see:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/46609/guide-vivaldi-search-engines-collection -
It appears the link is a referral link.... Hence the default bingy thingy.
Replace all the bing urls with ddg. an extra step, but,,,,,
What is most disturbing is on my wife's computer ALL searches are using bing.... Even though ddg was selected.
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""DDG does not have reverse image search, so you'll need to add a new regular search for images.""
No, i do not have to add this....
And, cannot find how to do such a thing. anyway.
