Reviews for ContextSearch web-ext
ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B
183 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by asg aesgasgea sg, 2 years agoBy far the most important extension. Would switch browsers for an addon like this. Not only that but the guy is awesome and very responsive on his github.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15217831, 2 years agoNot quite as polished as the screenshots would suggest. But certainly the functionality for this extension is beautiful.
*The sidebar doesn't seem to be displaying anything ... But the button for the extension is working just fine. - Rated 2 out of 5by rediffusion, 2 years agoНет возможно выборочного поиска на нескольких сайтах одновременно. Фигня!
Developer response
posted 2 years ago"There is no possible selective search on multiple sites at the same time. Bullshit!"
There are a number of ways to search multiple sites at the same time.
Folder search -> Search every engine in a particular folder with one click.
When using the context menu, enable "Show an option to search the entire folder at the top of the menu". This places a menu entry that allows searching every engine in the folder.
When using one of the tile-based menus, map a mouse button to a folder search action under Quick Menu -> Search Actions. Tile-based menus also allow for clicking several engines, one after the other, while keeping the menu open, whereas the context menu does not.
You can also create a new engine with multiple URLs in the template field. Simply enter them as a javascript array, i.e. ["http://somewebsite/q={searchTerms}", "http://someotherwebsite/search/{searchTerms}"]
Существует несколько способов одновременного поиска на нескольких сайтах.
Поиск в папке -> Поиск в каждом движке в определенной папке одним щелчком мыши.
При использовании контекстного меню включите «Показать параметр для поиска во всей папке вверху меню». Это помещает пункт меню, который позволяет искать каждый движок в папке.
При использовании одного из меню на основе плитки сопоставьте кнопку мыши с действием поиска в папке в меню «Быстрое меню» -> «Действия поиска». Меню на основе плитки также позволяют щелкать несколько движков один за другим, оставляя меню открытым, тогда как контекстное меню этого не делает.
Вы также можете создать новый движок с несколькими URL-адресами в поле шаблона. Просто введите их в виде массива JavaScript, например ["http://somewebsite/q={searchTerms}", "http://someotherwebsite/search/{searchTerms}"] - Rated 5 out of 5by Hassanjwr6, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by LogUserFX, 2 years agoI was impressed with the number of options this extension offers and it has always worked well. The advantages that can be listed are many, perhaps one that users may not think about is that it can also support a very large number of search engines.
- Rated 5 out of 5by wordpure, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RACHEL SALZMAN, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dideldum, 2 years agoThis ist the best Search-Engine addon i ever found for Firefox & Chrome with lots of configuration possibilites, works perfectly.
Hint: From my optinion there a too much configuration possibilites for the daily user. A separate "simple configuation menu" could be useful... - Rated 5 out of 5by yuleself, 2 years agoSomehow the Copy-to-Clipboard button stopped working on some websites again, while the build-in COPY context menu works fine.
2 example links:
http://dict.youdao.com/search?q=clipboard
http://osuraif.oneskyapp.com/collaboration/project?id=353334Developer response
posted 2 years agoThanks. I've found the problem based on the links you provided.
The clipboard API requires a secure HTTPS website to function. The first link you provided uses HTTPS on the main page, but not on the results page. I assume it's the same issue you're having on your local server ( no https ).
I've added some fallback code that seems to work, but the function is long depreciated, and may stop working at some point. Fixes will be in the next release. - Rated 5 out of 5by leviter, 2 years ago
Developer response
posted 2 years ago👍 sorry I didn't see your edit sooner. I have a fix ready and will have a new release soon- Rated 5 out of 5by Ayush, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dan, 2 years agoNice addon, been using it for a while but with the latest version it's missing sometimes on the context menu. This is especially true with the about:support page where I use the search to easily check for updates with installed extensions that takes me to the Firefox addon page. For now I've gone back to 1.28.1, which has been working flawlessly.
Update:1.32a1 seems good. I'll update this again if there's any problems.Developer response
posted 2 years agoI think this bug may have finally been tracked down, with the help of a user @ the github support site. If you're game, backup your current CS config and install the signed pre-release from here: https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext/releases/tag/v1.32a1 - Rated 2 out of 5by hschnellinger, 2 years agoI really like this Add-On and use it daily. But lately it has updates every second day, and I can't find a proper new release notes about what and why these updates happen, while the code on github shows no updates for months.
That's not the most trustworthy situation. I hope you just forget about the changelog… - Rated 1 out of 5by Afzal, 2 years agoConstantly disappears from the menu for some websites, no from all websites. Just a little more testing before updating would be appreciated. And if not possible, stop adding so many features.
- Rated 5 out of 5by fred, 2 years agoHas anyone got reddit to work?.....UPDATE got it.....5 Star know.Thanks Mike!
Developer response
posted 2 years agoIt should work fine. Make sure you're on the latest version. v1.31 was a bit of a mess - Rated 5 out of 5by Sans Undertale, 3 years agoTakes some fine tuning to get the way I want it, but it's quite customizable and the developer is responsive to bug reports. Easily the best Search Extension (sorry Swift Search Selection).
- Rated 5 out of 5by Boom, 3 years agoThis is a gem indeed! After Firegestures stopped working, I thought I won't have an easy "search with" popup solution in FF ever again. But this extension did it, and added way more to it! Customization options are very powerful. Different ways of opening the menu with mouse and keyboard shortcuts effectively made it a perfect replacement for the long lost Firegestures "search selection with" option. Thank you Mike!
- Rated 5 out of 5by doinglines, 3 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12563944, 3 years agoРасширение хорошее, но постоянно вылезает сообщение на желтом фоне вверху экрана о том, что это дополнение тормозит загрузку веб страниц :(
Developer response
posted 3 years ago"The extension is good, but a message constantly pops up on a yellow background at the top of the screen stating that this add-on slows down the loading of web pages"
The only time I've seen real slowdown is during the marking of very short search results on a large page or using the Find bar to search across all tabs. When are you seeing the slowdown? - Rated 5 out of 5by CWC, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by KaffeeTrinker, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by J.R., 3 years ago🥇🏆🥇⭐THE BEST⭐🥇🥇🏆
Whoever comes across this extension just discovered a true gem! Great design and awesome work! - Rated 5 out of 5by Amin884, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Leonid, 4 years agoVersion 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.