Quicksaver/Omnibar-Plus — Issue #2: search exact text by default
Author: brettatoms
Created: 2011-11-11 13:31:39+00:00
State: open

I would like to request an option to add "search for typed text by default" to Ombibar-Plus. One of the best things about Chrome is that if you enter some text in the location bar and that text doesn't match a URL then the first item in the popup list is link to a google search for the text. The location bar still matches titles and bookmarks but usually if I'm typing in some random text it's because I want to search for the string rather than match a title.

For example, if I enter "local food" I don't want a page with a title that matches "local food" I want to search for it. I don't even know if most people even pay attention to the titles of web pages. At the moment with Omnibar/Plus is suggested searches are grouped at the bottom and the exact string you typed in is the last item meaning it's several key presses to search for the exact text or my hands have to leave the keyboard and grab the mouse. having them grouped at the bottom doesn't really matter but I think it would be best to just type some text, hit enter, and a list of search results show up.