One of the things that has bugged me for a while about Safari’s built in search box has been the inability to alter the default search engine.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of Google, but often I want to search for things in Australia only. http://www.google.com.au/ is great for this, as it gives the option to search the entire web, or pages in Australian domains only. Excellent.
In order to do this effectively, however, I’ve had to navigate manually to the Australian Google site, then search… a minor inconvenience, granted, but one that takes longer than a simple search in the top right.
A minor inconvenience, that is, until now.
Allow me to introduce AcidSearch: a plugin that modifies the search box. You can set up default search engines, custom search paths (e.g. you can easily search for “Kill Bill” on imdb.com), and switch easily between them. It’s gold, it’s free, I like it better than Inquisitor.
Excellent.
Or, you can include “site:.au” in your query, and use the ordinary seach window.
For instance, searching for “best cafes site:.au” only gives you aussie results.
Enjoy.
– a.