cashless | # 1 | 2008-04-02, 16:25 | Report

Anyone use the Edit Internet searches app to create their own customized searches?

Sharing a few of mine, the others aren't "family oriented" so I'll be keeping those to myself.

PS, be sure to use YouTorrent for legal torrents only.

YouTorrent: http://www.youtorrent.com/tag=%s
YouTube: http://youtube.com/results?search_query%s&search_type=

logos attached below

(youtube search is practically irrelevant with the progress made by MyTube. Comments, subscriptions, etc are about the only thing I got to the actually youtube site for now.)

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iamthewalrus | # 2 | 2008-04-02, 17:34 | Report

With Firefox you can just right-click in any searchform and save it as a bookmark ('add keyword for this search'). Then you copy the url from the bookmark for the tablet (or use it in the Firefox addressbar like 'imdb somesearchterm'). I am thinking of making a Microb scriptlet or add-on to search selected text in search engines, like the Smartearch Firefox plugin.

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cashless | # 3 | 2008-04-02, 18:46 | Report

Maybe a greasemonkey script would be faster to create. In fact, that's not a bad idea at all.

stale | # 4 | 2008-04-02, 21:13 | Report

Sorry for the dumb question, where can I find the Edit internet search app?

cashless | # 5 | 2008-04-02, 21:25 | Report

Not a dumb question at all...

I should have called it isearch-edit.

Available here:

http://people.debian.org/~tschmidt/m.../isearch-edit/

Oh yeah, you'll need to add the tschimdt repository, which you can pick up here: http://www.gronmayer.com/it/index.ph...stem=maemo4%0A

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rcadden | # 6 | 2008-04-05, 18:48 | Report

Dude, this app is EXACTLY what I've been looking for! I wonder if it would be possible to setup a repository/directory of sorts where users could upload searches and images and access right from the app? I'd be more than happy to put some together if I knew a way that would enter them in the app.

I'm thinking like how it is in Firefox where you can pick from a list and it adds them. I've been looking for this functionality ever since I got my N810!

Chelli | # 7 | 2008-04-05, 19:14 | Report

Hi, i am the author of isearch-edit, i never did an official announcement about this tool, which might be the reason why not very much people know it. I planned to release it officially as soon as i fixed some usability problems. ;-)

One feature which is on my personal list of possible features is pretty much like what you are looking for, i have the idea of a feature where users can share their searches just from inside the app, just by doing a few clicks. And of course the same in the opposite direction, so that users can import shared searches directly in the program.


Regards,
Thomas

rcadden | # 8 | 2008-04-05, 19:17 | Report

Great work, is all I have to say. As I offered before, if I can be of assistance by creating logos/finding search URLs, please let me know where to store them to, to help create the database. I couldn't program my way out of a wet paper bag, but this is finally something in the Tablet community I can actually help in.

EDIT: Also, I'd suggest adding iSearch-edit to the Maemo.org directory so others can find it! I searched but didn't come up with anything.

Chelli | # 9 | 2008-04-05, 20:50 | Report

Thank you very much, but i guess if the planned feature will work as i want it to work, it would not be required to add anything to a database manually, you would be able to upload everything directly from isearch-edit with just a few clicks.

Yes, this is what i meant with "no official release yet". ;-)
I am totally aware of this index, but i do not want to add it there until i fixed some bugs.


Regards,
Thomas

rcadden | # 10 | 2008-04-05, 20:51 | Report

Aha, good deal to both. Please be sure to update this thread when it's ready to rock and roll, this just added a whole new degree of functionality to my N810.