I would love to be able to change the google search URL. Mine currently is: /webhp?complete=0&hl=en&pws=0&safe=off
GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
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Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#12From the name, I was expecting a hack to take away the "Search" page, leaving the rest intact. Less useful, but that would be a more interesting statement on perceived bloat in Google.
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#13could be a bit risky to have a domain containing the word "google", don't you think? Dude you got it even two times in there, double offensive :)
Originally I saw http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/ and then thought: now someone needs to write a simpler "google wrapper" :)
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#14From http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2
We cannot approve the use of Internet domain names that use the word “Google” or some variation of “Google”. For example, we would not approve a site called googleXYZ.com or gogggles.com.
Google does seem to be a bit lax about it nowadays, compared to a few years back.
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#15Nice! If you remove "google" from the URL it will be a cleaner googleless experience :-) Also, can you make the back button work?
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#16Would be neat if it took the first link directly a la "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead of redirecting to the Google search page.
I like it though, even just for its novelty.
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#17From http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2 We cannot approve the use of Internet domain names that use the word “Google” or some variation of “Google”. For example, we would not approve a site called googleXYZ.com or gogggles.com. Google does seem to be a bit lax about it nowadays, compared to a few years back.
Thank you for the info. Now it seems it will be better to suggest Google to build a slim version for those who prefer it.
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#18I would love to be able to change the google search URL. Mine currently is: /webhp?complete=0&hl=en&pws=0&safe=off
Good suggestion. Will look into it.
Re: GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage
#19Would be neat if it took the first link directly a la "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead of redirecting to the Google search page. I like it though, even just for its novelty.
Shift+Enter apparently does this.
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#20Is this really necessary? I use Chrome, and can just type my search in the URL bar and go? I'm pretty sure Firefox has this same feature. On top of all that, if you go to http://www.google.com/ and just start typing, it will start your search. This site just seems like a waste with so many other (quicker) routes that are available. I don't see any value in this. Am I missing something?
Exactly.
What I really like when typing in the URL bar is that it looks for what I'm typing in my history, bookmarks, etc. This way my productivity when opening a website is greatly improved. By example, t opens a new tab (vimium), I then hit n and it instantly selects news.ycombinator.com because it starts by n, then enter. Or m for mail.google.com, d for docs.google.com, etc.