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Google Chrome Omnibar about to get even more useful with extension API
As an example of how the API can be used, take a look at Switch to Tab, shown above. It allows users who leave ridiculous amounts of tabs open to use the Omnibar to search them all for the specific tab they need to find. It only shows up to 5 results right now, but the concept is pretty decent just the same -- and there's no telling what kind of goodies that devs will come up with now that they can treat a browser's address bar like a command line.
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Subscribe to commentsphezFeb 22nd 2011 5:49PM
I'm pretty fed up with the omnibar. It seems to never want to autocomplete my addresses from past history, or when it does, it takes forever or a couple letters to get it in. Instead I get typed search history or google search results. Indeed, it feels like it needs training to remember addresses ... type "d", wait for downloadsquad to come up (IF it comes up), click download squad, do this a couple times, downloadsquad will eventually come up when I type "d" ... so annoying.
Is there an extension or something that can make the address bar behave more normally like IE or firefox?
Suicidal360FlipFeb 22nd 2011 6:45PM
@phez I just tried typing only "d" into the omnibar for Downloadsquad and I got it instantly. I clear my history, cache and cookies daily so I am not sure what's causing your omnibar to act funky.
MarkFeb 23rd 2011 7:46AM
As often as I try returning to firefox, Chrome's omnibar is what always pulls me back. No amount of keyword shortcuts make up for how intuitive chromes bar is. The new instant-previews built into the bar feature of the dev build is great as well. Hopefully this new API allows for better integration, and less ugly workarounds(see delicious extension's usage.)
2late2dieFeb 23rd 2011 9:36AM
@Mark See, I have to go the other way. Every time I use Chrome I find myself annoyed at how bad the omnibar is at figuring out what I want from it. Maybe it's because I use FF more often and it "knows" me better, but IIRC the awesomebar was awesome from the start. The other thing is that I often do searches within other sites like wikipedia or imdb and it's just so much quicker when all I need to type is "w" before the keywords and I immediately go the wiki article, no extra clicks necessary.