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Duckduck go button on google (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 years ago by Oliper202020@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Okay so i have a addon that gives me a google logo i can press to try my search in google if i cant find something on duckduck go but i would like to have the opposite too so a button that would let me click to search on duckduck if googleing isn't successful eg. If someone sends me a google search link

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[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

this seems like something best solved with a bookmarklet

let me see if i can knock one up quickly

okay, i got a bit distracted, sorry it took so long

javascript:(function() {window.location="https://duckduckgo.com/?"+window.location.toString().match(/q=.*?(\&|$)/g);})()

alternative code block

javascript:(function() {window.location="https://duckduckgo.com/?"+window.location.toString().match(/q=.*?(\&|$)/g);})()

just drag that into your bookmarks bar, then click it when you're on a google search page (please message me with any questions or bugs, i wrote this in five minutes with an online regex tester)

also, thank you for this post - i'd never thought of doing this, but it's a good idea

edit 2: okay, lemmy-ui currently has a bug with ampersands. please replace & in the script with just an "&"

[-] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?

That might get closer to what OP wants

[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?

yes, probably. but i wouldn't know how, i don't really use userscripts; i prefer to trigger things manually

if anyone else wants to do this: i release the above code under cc0, any person may use it for any purpose without let or hindrance, yada yada

That might get closer to what OP wants

i guess..? but i'm not sure of the functional difference between a button in the bookmarks bar, and a button on the page

[-] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The difference would really just be where to click, and whether you have to have the bookmarks bar enabled. I usually have mine set to only show on the new-tab page.

[-] Oliper202020@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Also i find it harder to find stuff in the bookmark bar then just a button

[-] Zeus@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

oh fair enough, i forgot that some people hide the bookmarks bar because i find it really useful

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