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I had to do some digging on SuperUser [0] to get this working in Firefox, because it has the "Add Search Engine" button disabled by default. * Go to `about:con

I had to do some digging on SuperUser [0] to get this working in Firefox, because it has the "Add Search Engine" button disabled by default. * Go to `about:config` * Change `browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh` to true * Now you can go to `about:preferences#search` * ...and click the "Add" button below Search Shortcuts * Add `https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14` as your URL. * Set the name to "Google Web" or whatever you prefer and choose a keyword. You can also change your default search engine or other preferences. [0] https://superuser.com/a/1756774/40115 https://superuser.com/a/1756774/40115

thot_experiment 2y ago
I had to do this a while back and it's nearly made me punch my monitor. The lowest circle of hell for the person/people who decided putting this basic functionality behind a fucking arcane flag. Few things make me more mad than having my finite life wasted hunting down solutions to problems that have no reason to exist.
- jabiko 2y ago
  Apparently its behind a flag because the feature is not completely ready yet. However I was unable to find what work is still needed for it to be considered ready: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106626#c18 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106626#c18
  - pmlnr 2y ago
    Not ready my ass, this was a thing before deciding to move away from XUL.
wildpeaks 2y ago
In Firefox, there is a way that doesn't require a flag: create a bookmark with the url, and set its "keyword" field to the trigger word you want for the engine.
- bmacho 2y ago
  That works in chrome/edge too. (Even better, Edge matches urls with %s very good, and the URL bar offers past searches as suggestions better than Firefox does.) They removed most bookmarks and search engine settings, but bookmarks with keywords work fine at the moment, for both mayor desktop browsers. Also you can store them in a file(!) and import them for a nice cross browser experience, keeping track of them, and not losing them.
WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> Change `browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh` to true Just a note that this flag didn't exist in my Ffx 127.0b4. Created to True = surfaced the Add button as advertised.

thot_experiment 2y ago

I had to do this a while back and it's nearly made me punch my monitor. The lowest circle of hell for the person/people who decided putting this basic functionality behind a fucking arcane flag. Few things make me more mad than having my finite life wasted hunting down solutions to problems that have no reason to exist.

jabiko 2y ago
Apparently its behind a flag because the feature is not completely ready yet. However I was unable to find what work is still needed for it to be considered ready: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106626#c18 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106626#c18
- pmlnr 2y ago
  Not ready my ass, this was a thing before deciding to move away from XUL.

wildpeaks 2y ago

In Firefox, there is a way that doesn't require a flag: create a bookmark with the url, and set its "keyword" field to the trigger word you want for the engine.

bmacho 2y ago
That works in chrome/edge too. (Even better, Edge matches urls with %s very good, and the URL bar offers past searches as suggestions better than Firefox does.) They removed most bookmarks and search engine settings, but bookmarks with keywords work fine at the moment, for both mayor desktop browsers. Also you can store them in a file(!) and import them for a nice cross browser experience, keeping track of them, and not losing them.

WarOnPrivacy 2y ago

> Change `browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh` to true Just a note that this flag didn't exist in my Ffx 127.0b4. Created to True = surfaced the Add button as advertised.