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Context Search by Olivier de Broqueville, Carl Scheller

4.5 Stars out of 5
181 reviews
  • by Genos, 21 hours ago
    Was great until a couple of months ago it started to get bad. Multi search is broken, order is broken, icons broken.

    Developer response

    posted 17 hours ago
    Would you please report the bug over at https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues by specifying exactly what is broken and detailing the steps required to reproduce the bug. That would be most helpful. Thank you in advance.
  • by Mithrán, 2 days ago
    While "Search selected text using your preferred search engines" does not necessarily mean the ones added in your browser, it will be understood that way by many users who will be disappointed when they see the actual functionality of the extension.
    Sadly, you have to manually set yourself every single search string. If you have many search engines added, it will be a taxing endeavor.

    If there was some way to export search engines and this extension could load the exported engines onto itself, then it would be worth using if you have many search engines. Otherwise it's still better to copy the text, paste it into the search bar, and then click the search engine icon in the search bar.

    Developer response

    posted 2 days ago
    We've looked into ways that would enable us to import search engines that have already been added to Firefox, but Mozilla's Search API does not allow us to have access to the search query strings. That information stays hidden from developers, so we can't import the built-in search engines into Context Search. Thanks for your understanding and rating. It's very encouraging!
  • by MrCanard, 7 days ago
    Only 3 stars because it keeps resetting on its own and going back to the default search engines. version 3.9.1

    Developer response

    posted 7 days ago
    Thank you for your review. Would you please report the bug over at https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues by specifying exactly what is broken and detailing the steps required to reproduce the bug. That would be most helpful. Thank you in advance.
  • by Maverick, 8 days ago
    It is a great plugin but after the new update the settings started to reset. There is a problem in version 3.9.1. Settings are broken when you close Firefox. I installed 3.9.0 again. It works perfectly. I hope this problem will be solved with the new update.

    Developer response

    posted 8 days ago
    Thank you for your review. Would you please report the bug over at https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues by specifying exactly what is broken and detailing the steps required to reproduce the bug. That would be most helpful. Thank you in advance.
  • by Firefox user 13336222, a month ago
  • by Gridlocked, a month ago
    Only 4 stars because it keeps resetting on its own and going back to the default search engines.

    Developer response

    posted a month ago
    Thanks for your review. Please give v3.8.5 a try. It should solve your issues.
  • by Сырное, a month ago
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  • by Firefox user 15743753, a month ago
    good，thank you
  • by aptharsia, 4 months ago
    I've been using this add on for years, thank you developers! But adding it recently, my search engines keep resetting when I restart my browser, how do you stop that?

    Developer response

    posted a month ago
    Thank you for your review and apologies for the belated response. Please give v3.8.5 a try. It should solve your issues.
  • by dzarok, 5 months ago
    Works fine, like it should be... Thanks

    Developer response

    posted 5 months ago
    Thank you for using Context Search. Glad you like it.
  • by NoKrome, 5 months ago
    Great tool. Much more powerful than you think!

    Developer response

    posted 5 months ago
    Thanks, NoKrome! Enjoy!
  • by Caliban, 7 months ago
    坚持更新，并且越做越好。五星好评！

    Developer response

    posted 5 months ago
    谢谢你的鼓励
  • by Firefox user 15291916, 7 months ago
    It did not pick up all the search engines from my search box, and automatically included several I didn't want instead.

    Developer response

    posted 7 months ago
    Mozilla's Web extension API does not allow for the feature you would like and we have never advertised that the extension offers the possibility to import your search engines from Firefox. Unfortunately, this has to be done manually in the extension's preferences page. Please be fair and reconsider your rating.
  • by Chris, 7 months ago
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  • by RA.AZ, 7 months ago
    awesome this feature should be in firefox by default

    Developer response

    posted 7 months ago
    Thank you, RA.AZ! We're glad you enjoy using Context Search.
  • by Firefox user 14311323, 8 months ago
    easy
    simple
    best

    Developer response

    posted 7 months ago
    Thank you for your review. We're glad you enjoy using Context Search.
  • by Firefox user 15241320, 9 months ago
    Its great., however can I suggest one feature:

    Would love for a few of the searches to be directly on the right click menu rather under the Context Search drop down menu.
  • by Danko, 10 months ago
  • by Firefox user 15126044, a year ago
    This one now deletes my custom search engines whenever I open the browser, but it used to work perfectly. Hopefully, there will be a fix for this soon. I appreciate all the hard work done by the developers to make a great add-on.
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  • by Luca, a year ago
    Super ultra mega útil .Ótimo !

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    Muito obrigado!
  • by goodenoughcui, a year ago
    A good addon providing powerful search features.

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    Thanks for your encouraging review.