Big Search
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Handily use/switch any one/multiple search engines. More than GET/POST sender, with special tech. Open souce on Github
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Handily use/switch any one/multiple search engines. More than GET/POST sender, with special tech. Open souce on Github Friendly to novices, satisfying to experts. For daily, entertainment & work. π Besides what any multi-engine web search tool can do (GET/POST, user custom engines, built-in Google,DuckDuckGo,Youtube,eBay,Github etc) , it also can β¨: - ποΈ Single-line or multi-line text - β¨οΈ Every search step can be done by just keyboard, without mouse. It's UI has built-in Vimium-like feature. Keys can quickly call different search engines - π₯οΈ Desktop (browser extension / web app) and mobile (web app) - π Even works with websites that don't provide GET/POST interface (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites) - π Do many operations at once by one button - πͺ User JSON programatical advanced customization (GUI easy editing also). Great flexibility in engine data & search method and so on... Go on for readme Disclaimer: This is an open-source user-customizable third-party tool. We are not employee or working with those search engines. ### Basic - π Use any search engines or inquery websites (multiple simultaneously) from one page. Any websites that support GET/POST request. > E.g: Google, DuckDuckGo, Youtube, eBay, Github etc. Customizable. 60+ built-in. - π User adding custom-defined search engine (syncronizable in extension) ### More - ποΈ Single-line or multi-line text edit/input and sending > Useful when for e.g. you want to have article paragraphs translated - ποΈ Search engines categorization - π Save, reuse and manage your input history (only saved locally in the browser localStorage) - π±οΈ Quickly use user selected text on webpage as search term ( context menu) > - Not in Firefox incognito mode - β¨οΈ Keyboard shortcut ( you may need to change ) - Open popup. Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+S` Chrome & othersοΌ`Ctrl+Shift+S` - Set selected text as search term and open popup. Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+D` Chrome & othersοΌ`Ctrl+Shift+D` > change on Chrome: `chrome://extensions/shortcuts` - π₯οΈ UI adapted multiply: Desktop (browser extension or web app) and mobile (web app only). Extention can show UI in: toolbar button popup UI, standalond tab, or sidebar (browser native) ### Even more: What's special about it - π Even works with those websites that don't provide GET/POST interface to public (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites) - π Do many operations at once by one button - β¨ Good-looking, powerful and lightweight - πͺ Uses JSON as unified search engines database (both built-in and user-defined). Has strong flexibility & extensibility in engine data: - π² Multiple buttons for one engine: more than one operations for one engine. (Buttons inherit data from engine. Some key-value data ββin button can override the ones in engine name) - π Cross-engine use: Call another engine (or it's certain button action) to do the action - π String-formatting or character-replacing user's input, according to engine's need. And, charset specifying. - π Combining above two to search websites that don't support search ### Safety & Privacy - π‘οΈ Pure client-side tool functions fully. No necessary server. No collecting user's input or ad analyzing. - π‘οΈ Browser extension does not inject anything to web sites. (except when using In-page-Ajax-render engine) ## How to edit search engines Ordinary users who only use basic features can directly use our online gui engine-editing tool (Read more at source code page: https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch )