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ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B

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  • by CWC, 4 years ago
  • by KaffeeTrinker, 4 years ago
  • by J.R., 4 years ago
    🥇🏆🥇⭐THE BEST⭐🥇🥇🏆
    Whoever comes across this extension just discovered a true gem! Great design and awesome work!
  • by Amin884, 4 years ago
  • by Leonid, 4 years ago
    Version 1.26.1 works great. The last three updates (1.27.1, 1.27.2 and 1.27.3) do not work on some search engines, in particular on Yandex, Dogpile and some others - just a blank page opens.


    Therefore, I remain on the old version.

    UPD
    Unfortunately, I don't have an account on GitHub and I'm not an experienced user, but I can add here: I found that all search engines on version 1.27.4 work fine in the Quick Menu, but Yandex, Bing, Startpage and Dogpile do not work in the Context menu.

    Thanks.

    UPD
    Yes, everything is exactly as You said - I have an orange FF marker on those search engines with which there are problems.

    Developer response

    posted 4 years ago
    (edit3 - 10-19-2020) Were you searching a folder or a single engine when you observed the problem last? I've uploaded v1.27.5 which fixed the same problem v1.27.4 did, but when searching a folder as well.

    (edit 2) Thanks for the reply. I thought the bug fixed in 1.27.4 would take care of your issue, but there must be another bug. I've tried all the engines you mentioned, but I'm getting good search results using the context menu now. Could you open ContextSearch options -> Search Engines and tell me if you see an orange (FF) next to those engines you're having issues with? If not, could you edit one of them and paste the template / method / etc info? It could help narrow down the problem.

    (edit) Nevermind, version 1.27.4 going up. Context menu was not working with Firefox engines

    Would you mind opening a ticket at the support site or editing your reply here? Some users seem to be experiencing problems with the latest builds and I could use some input on what exactly is going wrong. I tried adding Yandex to my install and had no problems, and troubleshooting is difficult when I can't replicate the bug.
  • by Thomas, 4 years ago
    Wonderful addon! Just wonderful! ... I am using it constantly. Would not want to live without it anymore! ... :-)

    Thank you very much for it!
  • by sam, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 16268174, 5 years ago
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  • by Luke, 5 years ago
  • by hg42, 5 years ago
    (not sure where my old review has gone...)
    Definitely one of my top extensions. Adds a lot of efficiency to searching. Unfolds it's real potential, if you use a lot of search engines for more specific searches. Very nice and competent developer, he always had an open ear for useful suggestions. Keep in mind: Mozilla is blocking several possibilities for such an extension, so there may be some quirks. Being a developer myself, I can assure you, the developer does his best to circumvent such problems.
  • by Solar Tigerin, 5 years ago
  • by tomncar , 5 years ago
    Probably Top on my list of addons :o) Just love how you can just right click on any Site with a search box and add it to your list of search engines.
    Hate that Google default is US ! Nothing against the US but by default a lot of the results are completely irrelevant to me .
    Just so pleased . Thankyou
  • by Ruslan Murzin, 5 years ago
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  • by Rudotel, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15524590, 5 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13512887, 5 years ago
    I've added more than 5 custom search engines without any problems, and it's very easy to do.
  • by WWWorks, 5 years ago
    Finally an great customizable search add-on!!!
  • by Firefox user 12491341, 5 years ago
    Thanks for this great addon.
    As a suggestion can you include an autocopy feature?

    Developer response

    posted 5 years ago
    (edit) v1.21+ has some clipboard features in the Advanced menu
    I'll give it a shot
  • by Dvaedfug, 6 years ago
  • by John Staples, 6 years ago
    I love it!
  • by Firefox user 13599083, 6 years ago
    This addon is great but is it possible to run all search engines in folder at the same time? Just like default in Firefox by "Search in all tabs". Similar solution in ContextSearch web-ext is missing and you must click again and again to use all search engines included in folder.

    2nd thing is hotkey assigned to search engine. Is it possible to make not a single letter but e.g. 2-letter / 3-letter phrase?

    Regards.

    Developer response

    posted 6 years ago
    > This addon is great but is it possible to run all search engines in folder at the same time?

    When using the popup menu, yeah ( context menu folders have no usable click events ). Clicking the middle mouse button on a folder will search all engines in the folder with the current search terms and send the results to background pages. You can change this behavior in Options -> Quick Menu -> Search Actions -> Folders column.

    > 2nd thing is hotkey assigned to search engine. Is it possible to make not a single letter but e.g. 2-letter / 3-letter phrase?

    Not currently. Be aware, the hotkeys only work with the quick menu opened. If you're looking to select text and press a key to immediately perform a search, you might want to open the qm using the keyboard method ( using CTRL for instance ) and then you can press your preferred search engine hotkey to execute a search. If you're looking for more functionality, consider opening a thread on the github support site.
  • by majopareja, 6 years ago
  • by Andreas, 6 years ago