All DuckDuckGo bang operators on one page

Post by stnmtn » Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

pkamb wrote: post #61

jacksnipe wrote: post #44

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This is niche, but honestly I search for a lot of magic cards. I get a lot of use out of `!mtg`

That's a good example where I get zero results if I misspell the search term: https://scryfall.com/search?q=black%20lotuss Whereas I Google or Duck for "mtg black lotuss" I'll almost certainly get the correct results. I feel like I'd just get frustrated with the much worse text parsing of each site's search field. Although it is interesting that this "Scryfall" site that owns "!mtg" isn't on the first SERP for Google…

Post by yewenjie » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 5:04 AM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #126

yewenjie wrote: post #64

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I just realized I need this for myself and quickly cooked up a solution using tridactyl, ddgr, and jq that fits perfectly in my workflow. Everything is reduced to just typing `:cp ` without moving to a new tab or losing flow. The entire function is basically this (requires Tridactyl native messenger). command cp js -p tri.native.run('cd ~ && ddgr --json -n 1 ' +JS_ARG + '| jq -r ".[0].url" | xclip -sel clip') [1] htt…

This kind of thing makes me uneasy, and is an example of why I don't enjoy the web platform for applications. In this case, we have Firefox, which has built-in integration for DDG, as well as lots and lots of capability for querying and processing JSON. And on top of that, we are adding a command that drops to the command line to make a series of command calls to different programs for sending and extracting a search…

Post by clement_b » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 6:50 AM UTC

zorbash wrote: post #123

clement_b wrote: post #100

I love the concept of bang operators, but sadly my usage is limited to: - `!g` if I can't find what I am looking for and am ready for a different angle. - `!` + another letter than g, typed my mistake. This results in an annoying search on the wrong site (e.g., Flickr) or even more random. This must puzzle anyone analyzing search logs on Flickr. Why are users searching for obscure Python error messages?!

I've developed muscle memory for `g! ` even on mobile. I started using DuckDuckGo in an attempt to unGoogle my life, but I'm starting to realise that DDG won't do as a google replacement. It displays annoying ads with no clear way to disable them and the quality of search results is significantly worse.

Post by RMPR » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

yewenjie wrote: post #136

RMPR wrote: post #103

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It's the best Vim emulation addon I've seen so far, and God knows I used almost all of them.

Hey. I have long been wanted to know from someone who has used both Tridactyl and Surfingkeys. On the surface level it seems like they have a larger set of features, but maybe almost all of those can be done in Tridactyl as well. Can you please tell me how these two compare? https://github.com/brookhong/Surfingkeys

Post by leokennis » Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 1:47 PM UTC

lozf wrote: post #62

makeworld wrote: post #36

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Personally I use !yt (YouTube), !py3 (Python 3 docs), and !w (Wikipedia) very often, and !g (Google) sometimes.

These, plus !gm and !gi (for Googles Maps, and Images respectively) feature often in my use.