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Turn Google Chrome's search bar into a powerful Quix command line
I'm a big fan of Quix, the handy scriptable bookmarklet that works like a command line from your browser. Wouldn't it be cool if you could use the search bar as a command line, though, instead of triggering a Quix window? If you use Google Chrome, you can. This neat little hack requires setting up Quix as the default search engine, which will require copy-pasting a little bit of code.
To get Chrome to recognize Quix as a search engine, grab the code from this intrepid coder's blog and follow the detailed instructions there. It actually doesn't take long to set up, and anybody who's savvy enough to use Quix can probably manage it. If you're worried that using Quix as your default search will make Googling tougher, don't sweat it too much: simply putting a g in front of your search is the default Quix command for Google.
[via Lifehacker]
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Subscribe to commentsphrostytechMay 27th 2010 6:22PM
I think that the real value of Quix is that you can use it to replace several rescource-hungry add-ons, but still enjoy their functionality. I also like that you can modify and add your own "extensions" to it. Here is the URL to get to my customized Quix: http://phrostytech.blogspot.com/2010/03/quix-javascript-bookmarklet.html ,type "Help" to see a list of available commands.
Some of the more useful commands contained in my customized Quix are: "dlvid" to download youtube videos, "dual" will show 2 web pages side-by-side, and there are many more too! give it a spin!
Sam SawyerMay 28th 2010 7:28AM
Another option for this: if you follow the instructions in the linked post, but make the keyword "q", then you can run this simply by prefixing q to anything in the address bar. Then all Quix commands become "q ", so "q gs " in the address bar will do a Google Site search of the current site.
I find this version more useful since if I'm planning on using a Quix command, it's trivial to start with a q when I'm already thinking in "command language" and it leaves the default functionality of the OmniBar in place the way I expect it to be.
CharlierMay 30th 2010 3:08PM
Exactly what i thought when i saw this in my Greader! I find it way more convenient. The "custom search engine with a keyword" feature of Chrome is SOOO useful! It saves a lot of time. Also, the search engines configuration page can be accessed quicker via a right click in the search bar, then "edit search engines".