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@firefox should implement bangs. Most people I know don't know #bangs exist. #wishlist

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[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you're talking about the hairstyle, yes I would love a way to give my browser bangs! It would look so cute covering the tabs and navigation until you push it out of the way!

[–] mamus@fosstodon.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can assign a word to use in front of your search to pick a search engine in Firefox and that has worked for years.

[–] mamus@fosstodon.org -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@taladar you mean the @ syntax? Yes, on desktop. And nobody knows it. And it's cumbersome.

[–] lemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

Keywords don't need @. I'm using g for google, d for duckduckgo, mg for google maps etc.

[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 11 points 10 months ago

It supports them already, there just aren't any provided by default. They're called Bookmark Keywords: https://github.com/jameshealyio/bang-bookmarks

I'd suggest not importing all of them from that list though, there's a crap load, just pick the ones you want and put them in manually.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For searches? I think that depends more on your search engine

You can tag your favorites already.

Or is it for something else?