Easy safar feature we could all use

jwink3101jwink3101
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
There is a feature i would like to see in Safari that seems like it would take no more than a day to add and test with Safari. That feature is other search bars as well as google. I use google as my main search engine but sometimes i want to search something on Teoma or another engine. Maybe even an ebay search.



It seems easy enough to allow users to either have more than one search bar or at least a drop-down menu one. Like i said, this seems like such an easy feature to add, why hasn't apple done it yet?



Any ideas?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 13
    r3dx0rr3dx0r Posts: 201member
    yes, it should not be that difficult to add this feature. apple just has to look at omniweb 5 which already does this.
  • Reply 2 of 13
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
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    Now I guess they should have banned me rather than just shut off posting priviledges, because kickaha and Amorph definitely aren't going to like being called to task when they thought they had it all ignored *cough* *cough* I mean under control. Just a couple o' tools.



    Don't worry, as soon as my work resetting my posts is done I'll disappear forever.
  • Reply 3 of 13
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    I don't think there is because the search URL is identical to that of the google site. That is unlike Opera (since my last use a while ago) where it looks like some affiliate link.
  • Reply 4 of 13
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    A real History and Download window, and more preferences like Mozilla and OmniWeb and even IE have.
  • Reply 5 of 13
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,423member
    Opera has a search function where you have one form window. And then multiple seach bars. Want to seach for "Tolstoy"? Simply type it in and then click the "Google" or "Yahoo" or whatever search button you want. Done. I like it.
  • Reply 6 of 13
    faust9faust9 Posts: 1,335member
    I would like a dropdown arrow added to the address bar.



    I would like dropdown arrows added to the forward/back history buttons (I know I click and hold on these)



    I would like the bookmark bar to show site ico's.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    One thing i did like about opera was that to search google i could type: "g what-i-want-to-search" or e for ebay. I like safari more though
  • Reply 8 of 13
    drumsticksdrumsticks Posts: 315member
    Can't remember where I read about it, but wasn't Yahoo negotiating with Apple to make Yahoo the default search in Safari?
  • Reply 9 of 13
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    Here's a link

    http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2004/...24091321.shtml
  • Reply 10 of 13
    boemaneboemane Posts: 311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by faust9

    I would like a dropdown arrow added to the address bar.



    I would like dropdown arrows added to the forward/back history buttons (I know I click and hold on these)



    I would like the bookmark bar to show site ico's.



    You mean likethe current Safari ? My safari shows site icons in the bookmarks menu... Even in the history menu too



    .:BoeManE:.
  • Reply 11 of 13
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    The curent safari doens't have any of those. You can get a menu of site after you start typing and there are no icons on the bookmarks bar, only the menu
  • Reply 12 of 13
    drumsticksdrumsticks Posts: 315member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jwink3101

    The curent safari doens't have any of those. You can get a menu of site after you start typing and there are no icons on the bookmarks bar, only the menu



    Mine too. Only in the menu, not in the bookmarks bar. Thanks for the link too!
  • Reply 13 of 13
    talksense101talksense101 Posts: 1,738member
    If Apple started placing search engines in their browser to make money out of the deal, I would trash Safari.



    Google is the fastest and it goes easy on your bandwidth. Other search engines have a !@#!@ load of ads that I don't want to see.



    edit: This is with regard to the Macrumours news article. I do like the idea of multiple/customizable search engines in the browser.
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