While using Google Chrome I noticed a behaviour I hadn't previously encountered: I typed in amazon.co.uk, accidentally hit tab and noticed that amazon.co.uk changed to become Search amazon.co.uk.
Quite a handy feature, though it doesn't work for every website - does anyone know anything further about enabling this or how it works?
Google Chrome - searching sites from the URL bar
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Re: Google Chrome - searching sites from the URL bar
I don't know if they document this stuff. I think they add these features ad-hoc based on user behaviour.
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Re: Google Chrome - searching sites from the URL bar
Yeah I hadn't noticed it before, potentially quite a good shortcut though. What is interesting is that it uses Amazon's own search facility, rather than being an alternative of my favourite book and author site:amazon.co.uk.
Re: Google Chrome - searching sites from the URL bar
Basically it works like this:
- You type 'some search term' into some form field and send this form
- If Chrome notices the 'some search term' string in the address bar right after you have sent the form, it adds that url as a search provider that you may use from address bar from now on