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Haha, you'll notice hackhackgo.com redirects to the same place :). We had a large internal debate about the name and it came down to these two, with hacksear.ch in third.
You compared this to Firefox Add-ons. Does that mean that these won't be integrated into DDG natively? Will that only be at your discretion?
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#22DDG is getting better all the time. These days, I use it almost exclusively. I love the !bang syntax.
The !bang syntax is for pass-through search (http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html). So, why even bother going to DDG and not simply using address bar search shortcuts?
Why would I do 'ddg !g "my" "search" "terms"' as opposed to 'g "my" "search" "terms"'??
Or is this using ddg as start page for your browser, or ...
Just curious.
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#23I wonder how google fights on every frontier, and apple being smart always avoid fights.
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#24VerticalSet is offering similar functionality. DuckDuckGo is starting to go in the same direction.
Although aim is same to make search engine a platform, technologically it is rather different. Would love to hear feedback on this.
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#25DDG is getting better all the time. These days, I use it almost exclusively. I love the !bang syntax.
What advantage do bangs have over Chrome's ability to detect and add search engines to the Omnibox?
They exist for sites you've never been to before, you don't have to do anything to a fresh browser install to make them work, they are browser-indepenent (I don't use or like chrome personally), and you can use them on any computer at any time. I know they are always helpful for me when using public computers.
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#26DDG is getting better all the time. These days, I use it almost exclusively. I love the !bang syntax.
The !bang syntax is for pass-through search ( http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html ). So, why even bother going to DDG and not simply using address bar search shortcuts? Why would I do 'ddg !g "my" "search" "terms"' as opposed to 'g "my" "search" "terms"'?? Or is this using ddg as start page for your browser, or ... Just curious.
For me, there are a couple of benefits of having the functionality built into my search engine rather than my browser.
First, all I have to do is set up DDG as the default search engine in my browser, and then I get tons of search shortcuts working without any more effort on my part. I don't have to worry about syncing between different computers, browsers (I use Chrome and Firefox at different times), and operating systems.
Second, there are many more shortcuts than I'd ever think to maintain myself, and somebody else has already put the work into defining them. I can do !{relatively popular site} and even if I'm guessing, it almost always works. (In fact, I can't remember the last time it didn't.)
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#27This is absolutely fantastic.
I remember suggesting ages ago that Intel's ark.intel.com should be integrated, so if you searched for Q6600 or 2600k or i7 980 it would show you details of the processor.
I might have a shot at integrating that. Does anyone know about the legality of doing so? I'm sure Intel wouldn't care, but showing the info in a zero click box would seem to be different than merely scraping the pages in order to return search results.
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#28DDG is getting better all the time. These days, I use it almost exclusively. I love the !bang syntax.
The !bang syntax is for pass-through search ( http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html ). So, why even bother going to DDG and not simply using address bar search shortcuts? Why would I do 'ddg !g "my" "search" "terms"' as opposed to 'g "my" "search" "terms"'?? Or is this using ddg as start page for your browser, or ... Just curious.
samdk has answered for me.
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#29Nice idea.
I have but one problem, and it's with the site (DuckDuckHack) itself.
Could the author just make the tutorial section scrollable with the rest of the page? The current functionality is quite awkward. It's also ignorant of (most of) the keyboard (home, end, page up, page down, etc.), which is the quickest way to traverse a page.
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#30DDG is getting better all the time. These days, I use it almost exclusively. I love the !bang syntax.
I wholeheartedly agree. However, I think DDG is even better on the smartphone.
I have it set there as my default search engine, and within the browser and without having to type too much (and frankly, the less I have to type on it the better) I get access to a vast amount of sites.
Since I'm using Chromium, I could probably do without the !bang-syntax on the desktop, but being able to consistantly use the same syntax on both mobile and desktop is lovely and a definitive advantage for me.
That, and the no-tracking-policy is a big bonus as well, I suppose.