HouseWolf ( @HouseWolf@lemm.ee ) English11•1 year agoIs that not a thing in other browsers? I haven’t used Chrome since 2010 maybe, but I still remember it being a thing back then?
mayo ( @mayo@lemmy.today ) 1•1 year agoIt is in chrome, but implemented differently. Firefox actually does it better since you can save them as bookmarks
Cwilliams ( @Cwilliams@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year agoI think it’s more intuitive in Chrome, but much more powerful in Firefox. Personally I didn’t know that you could do this in Firefox until today
@HouseWolf There’s supposedly a way you can do it on Chromium browsers but I still can’t seem to figure it out. I don’t know if Firefox always had the ability. Either way, this is a much, much easier way to do it haha
sculd ( @sculd@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year agoSame. Things feel so much smoother now. I can set default search engine to a more private one while also using Google search easily when I need it.
Moonrise2473 ( @Moonrise2473@feddit.it ) 3•1 year agoI’m not using Chrome since 2008 but I think it can be done in every browser
I guess on Firefox is easier to add, by right clicking on the search field while chromium browsers require to add it in the settings?
Or maybe you mean the small search icons on the bottom of the address bar, click those to change the search engine
That feature maybe is unique, or maybe Vivaldi has it?
Crul ( @Crul@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year agoIf you use the address bar frequently, you may be interested in JS bookmarklets with params:
@Crul Thanks for the share!
Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) 1•1 year agoWait that wasn’t a thing yet? That’s great tho!
@Boomkop3 Evidently, there was a way to do it but I could never figure out how. Now, you just go to a search engine you want to make as a default, open up the address bar drop-down for that search engine and there should be a button at the bottom of the drop-down menu that has the favicon for that search engine with a plus icon. Then, from there, you just set it as the default in the way you would with the built-in options!
Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) 1•1 year agoNice! User interface design fixes can be the most impactful sometimes