Beoordelingen voor ContextSearch web-ext
ContextSearch web-ext door Mike B
Beoordeling door LawrenceSan
Waardering: 1 van 5
door LawrenceSan, 2 jaar geledenI've used many, many different extensions in several different browsers over many years. (I'm an experienced web developer, starting when the web was first invented, and can code several different web languages -- in other words, I'm not a newbie.)
ContextSearch web-ext has the most complicated, buggy preferences interface I've ever seen in a browser extension. I have it running in both Firefox and Chrome, and when it works it's great -- but trying to customize it, add search engines, etc. is a nightmare.
Currently one of the engines in my ContextSearch list is "Google Maps". It works fine in Firefox, but doesn't work at all in Chrome, just leads to a blank page. So I tried exporting it from Firefox into Chrome. Forget it! The export/import features in the extension's customization interface appears to just export the URL for the icon, not for the search engine itself? And some of the gazillion preferences-interface elements for this extension, in both browsers, appear as just solid gray blocks -- regardless of what theme I use, or whether Dark Reader is on or off, or what other interface options I choose for ContextSearch itself. Of the options (including links) that I can see clearly, most of them don't do anything like what their name implies or what I'd expect them to do.
I haven't given up on it because, for the engines I finally get working, it's very useful. But I spend more time wrestling with this interface than with all my other (many) installed extensions put together!
ContextSearch web-ext has the most complicated, buggy preferences interface I've ever seen in a browser extension. I have it running in both Firefox and Chrome, and when it works it's great -- but trying to customize it, add search engines, etc. is a nightmare.
Currently one of the engines in my ContextSearch list is "Google Maps". It works fine in Firefox, but doesn't work at all in Chrome, just leads to a blank page. So I tried exporting it from Firefox into Chrome. Forget it! The export/import features in the extension's customization interface appears to just export the URL for the icon, not for the search engine itself? And some of the gazillion preferences-interface elements for this extension, in both browsers, appear as just solid gray blocks -- regardless of what theme I use, or whether Dark Reader is on or off, or what other interface options I choose for ContextSearch itself. Of the options (including links) that I can see clearly, most of them don't do anything like what their name implies or what I'd expect them to do.
I haven't given up on it because, for the engines I finally get working, it's very useful. But I spend more time wrestling with this interface than with all my other (many) installed extensions put together!
211 beoordelingen
- Waardering: 1 van 5door Firefox-gebruiker 13916830, 15 dagen geledenRémálom! Van amikor működik, de többnyire nem, a beállított keresőt elfelejti vagy egyszerűen kihagyja a listából, a mappákba betenni valamit szinte lehetetlen, ha véletlenül sikerül, akkor pedig nem jeleníti meg.
- Waardering: 4 van 5door TheInvoker, één maand geledenSarebbe perfetta se nel campo di ricerca ci fossero i suggerimenti (almeno quelli di google) e fosse possibile aggiungere un traduttore
- Waardering: 5 van 5door mserv, één maand geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door no1joel, 2 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Termy, 2 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 3 van 5door eli@, 2 maanden geledenHabe eine eigene Suchmaschine erfolgreich hinzugefügt, die Einstellungen werden aber, trotz Speichern, leider nicht behalten. Alle Felder sind nach Neustart von Firefox wieder leer.
- Waardering: 5 van 5door たやまみ, 2 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door frostbyte, 4 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Beckanhaf, 4 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door FoxRefire, 4 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Jean-Ricky, 5 maanden geledenMUCH MORE than contextual (select text & launch) search
MULTIPLE SITES (not only "whole web" - as Google & the likes) search engines AT ONCE
makes this add-on UNIQUE !
Besides, it is HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE : provides
• different KINDS OF OF MENUS (Context/Quick/Toolbar/Sidebar) to launch searches
• many UI CONFIGURATIONS OPTIONS to fit your likes
Just a [very] few points to note :
• too many options (time to master) ?
• missing tool-tips & not always detailed enough ones...
Whatever: unique & powerful
THANKS - Waardering: 5 van 5door Firefox-gebruiker 13443993, 6 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Firefox-gebruiker 13163912, 7 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Paulthefox, 8 maanden geledenAbsolutley excelent add on can customise it as much as needed and works perfect
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Steven_Aston, 8 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Den, 9 maanden geledenA great replacement for the defunct Swift Selection Search
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Piper, 9 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Gemini62167, 10 maanden geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door HypnotizedNarcissist, één jaar geledenthe best from the best
my respect mike
easy, fast, great lay-out, top add-on
thank you very much
btw. and always good updates - Waardering: 5 van 5door Кадочников Сергей, één jaar geledenПрекрасное расширение, удобное, легко настраиваемое под себя.
- Waardering: 5 van 5door Seän "Frostbyte" Shepherd, één jaar geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door EarOfWheat, één jaar geleden
- Waardering: 5 van 5door darlington95, één jaar geleden
- Waardering: 4 van 5door Dideldum, één jaar geledenDefinitely the Best Search-addon. Nearly perfect.
Unfortunately the sidebar feature is not working (Firefox & Chromium)..