Show HN: WorldBrain – full text, local search of your browsing history

Post by exikyut » Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 12:49 PM UTC

DennisP wrote: post #10

diggan wrote: post #4

One of the reasons I keep coming back to Firefox is that Firefox seems to already be doing this. At least it searches all parts of the URL and the title, so I'm 99% successful at getting the right URL in the awesomebar when I'm looking for something. Chrome is just horrible when it comes to this, and I can never get back to previous pages when searching via the addressbar.

In Chrome if you open the history and hit "show full history," you get a search bar that works better for history.

Post by agotterer » Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 12:56 PM UTC

JohnStrangeII wrote: post #9

agotterer wrote: post #3

I’ve tried to find a solution to bookmark searching for a while. I’ve never found a product I liked or trust. Lately I’ve been manually adding bookmarks to a custom google search engine. I’m considering building an extension that will add them directly or sync chrome bookmarks. I figure google already knows what I’ve searched, so I feel much less sketchy about it. Would this extension be interesting to anyone? It wou…

I would have privacy concerns, because I'm not using Google all the time for my searches and there is no need to give them even more data. The only solution I'd accept is one where all data is stored and indexed locally and there are good guarantees that deleted entries are actually deleted and/or wiped from the indices.

Post by ChristianBundy » Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 1:03 PM UTC

agotterer wrote: post #13

JohnStrangeII wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would have privacy concerns, because I'm not using Google all the time for my searches and there is no need to give them even more data. The only solution I'd accept is one where all data is stored and indexed locally and there are good guarantees that deleted entries are actually deleted and/or wiped from the indices.

I’m not suggesting that you have to use google for the originating search. But you would need to use CSE to index any content you wanted to search for later. Arguably you could do this with a new google account if you’re concerned.

Post by eat_veggies » Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 1:26 PM UTC

wyattpeak wrote: post #16

diggan wrote: post #4

One of the reasons I keep coming back to Firefox is that Firefox seems to already be doing this. At least it searches all parts of the URL and the title, so I'm 99% successful at getting the right URL in the awesomebar when I'm looking for something. Chrome is just horrible when it comes to this, and I can never get back to previous pages when searching via the addressbar.

The one thing I do miss in Firefox, though, is the chronological listing. I find my memory of the rough time, and sequence of events leading to an item, is usually stronger than my memory of the specific content.

Post by misterman101 » Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 1:46 PM UTC

eat_veggies wrote: post #17

wyattpeak wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The one thing I do miss in Firefox, though, is the chronological listing. I find my memory of the rough time, and sequence of events leading to an item, is usually stronger than my memory of the specific content.

If you press "view" on the top right of the history sidebar, and select "by last visited," it'll be in chronological order.