Reviews for ContextSearch web-ext
ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B
Review by bezuma
Rated 5 out of 5
by bezuma, a year ago189 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Dideldum, 8 days agoDefinitely the Best Search-addon. Nearly perfect.
Unfortunately the sidebar feature is not working (Firefox & Chromium).. - Rated 5 out of 5by Seän D. Shepherd, 13 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ninetynine, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dom0909, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 10244801, 3 months agoDitched my two faithful companions Context Search Origin and Swift Selection Search when I found this babe.
- Rated 5 out of 5by biggsley, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Saud, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by LawrenceSan, 10 months agoI've used many, many different extensions in several different browsers over many years. (I'm an experienced web developer, starting when the web was first invented, and can code several different web languages -- in other words, I'm not a newbie.)
ContextSearch web-ext has the most complicated, buggy preferences interface I've ever seen in a browser extension. I have it running in both Firefox and Chrome, and when it works it's great -- but trying to customize it, add search engines, etc. is a nightmare.
Currently one of the engines in my ContextSearch list is "Google Maps". It works fine in Firefox, but doesn't work at all in Chrome, just leads to a blank page. So I tried exporting it from Firefox into Chrome. Forget it! The export/import features in the extension's customization interface appears to just export the URL for the icon, not for the search engine itself? And some of the gazillion preferences-interface elements for this extension, in both browsers, appear as just solid gray blocks -- regardless of what theme I use, or whether Dark Reader is on or off, or what other interface options I choose for ContextSearch itself. Of the options (including links) that I can see clearly, most of them don't do anything like what their name implies or what I'd expect them to do.
I haven't given up on it because, for the engines I finally get working, it's very useful. But I spend more time wrestling with this interface than with all my other (many) installed extensions put together! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5599219, 10 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12680106, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by maikcheck, a year agoThis has very quickly become one of the essential extensions that I need to have installed on each of my devices’ web browsers. Adding search engines to use in conjunction with Firefox’s search shortcut keywords as well as being able to insert bookmarklets into the quick menu have been absolute game changers.
Developer response
posted a year ago(edit) That bug has been found and will be fixed in the next release
The save bug is known and may have been addressed in a recent version. I know it's been a persistent annoyance.
As for the transparency, you should be able to set that yourself using CS Options -> General -> User Styles. Use CSS selectors to apply opacity levels to the menu. If you need help, open an issue at the github site.- Rated 1 out of 5by mimigu, a year agoVersions after May no longer work. I would like to downgrade to an earlier version but can't find it.
Developer response
posted a year agoYou can find older versions here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/contextsearch-web-ext/versions/
But depending on what when wrong, that may not fix your problems. If you could elaborate on the issue, either here or at the support site, I'd be happy to go over some troubleshooting with you. https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext - Rated 5 out of 5by Alwaysliumx, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by OzMerry, a year agoLove this add-on and use it all the time, but as of today 16-May-2023 (same date as last updated), it no longer works. Clicking on the icon in the overflow toolbar does nothing. I hope this can be fixed soon.
Edit: Thank you for responding. I've reported the issue on Github, as requested. I'm happy to try debugging advice (I'm in Australia, so probably a time difference).
Edit 2: Well I thought I'd fixed it by uninstalling and reinstalling it, but when I logged into my laptop today, it wasn't working again.Developer response
posted a year agoI wonder if something went wrong during the update. If reloading the browser didn't fix the problem, please open a new issue at the support site here.
https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc
There, I can better help troubleshoot and check for any problems. You can also edit your reply here and I'll try to talk you through some debugging. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13667925, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17780547, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by jupiter2, 2 years ago