Safari - search shortcut.

Sunnz

Sunnz

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Hi everyone I have just switched to Mac, from err, PC!

I used to use Firefox on PC; now I am on a Mac so I decided to give Safari a go to see if I like it, I know there is a Mac version of Firefox, but so far, Safari is cool.

Now, on Firefox there used to be search shortcuts where you type in "google mac" and it search mac on google; likewise, "wp cupd" would search for cupd on wikipedia... how do I set this up in Safari?

Thanks.
 
I think you misunderstood me... have you ever used Firefox?

What I want is, when I type in "wp stuff" in the address bar of Safari, it goes to "http://en.wikipedia/stuff"

Those are some cool links, btw. :D
 
Hi Sunnz,

Thats actually rather cool, i never realised that firefox did that. Sadly i've never heard of Safari having the same functionality. That said, using Acid search you can use a keyboard shortcut to change what you search, so you can tab to the search box hit the key combo for wikipedia or whatever and type your search, is pretty much as quick.

PS- am pretty sure Bob has used firefox before (his post count alone should clue you in), and be nice, he's a mod here.
 
There are plugins for Safari in order to do that. Sogudi (not for intel Macs so far) and SafariSIA (search in address bar) both work fine. -> http://allocsoft.com/safarisia/

Yeah! Just found out that the newest version finally has a default search function, where you don't have to add a keyword at all. I.e.: You can select one search to be the default (google for me) and then just enter "two search terms" to search for them instead of "g two search terms", where "g" is the keyword for google. :) I missed this, when I came to my intel MacBook and Sogudi didn't work. Now SafariSIA does everything I want. :) :) :)
 
Whoa, thats awesome, cheers fryke. I'd actually been looking for something like this ages ago but my google skills must have been off that day. :)
 
Thanks fryke!!

Sorry if I sound rude, thought that may be what turns out to be, it wasn't what I intended, sorry.
 
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