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Search Engines Helper
Add a custom search engine and export/import all the search urls and icon urls for all search engines added to Firefox.
What is Search Engines Helper?
'Search Engines Helper' is a Firefox add-on, providing users with utilities to add new custom search engines and manage them effortlessly. This add-on also allows for the convenient export and import of search urls and icons of all search engines added to Firefox, thus making the web navigation experience smoother and highly customized.
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By: Soufiane Sakhi
Rating: 4.55
(62)
Creation date: 2018-01-06
Weekly download count: 186
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- activeTab
- notifications
Size: 76.84K
Email: so*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Summary
This extensions provides multiple utilities for firefox search engines. You can add a new custom search engine using the context menu or by providing the search url and the icon url. You can also export the search url and icon urls of all the search engines added to Firefox and import them later.
For more details, visit the full documentation here: https://github.com/soufianesakhi/firefox-search-engines-helper/blob/master/README.md
User reviews
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Pros
- Ability to add, back up, and import search engines
- Easy to use
- Helpful documentation
Cons
- Issues with importing search engine settings
- Difficulty replacing default Firefox search with custom search
- Not working in some Firefox versions
Most mentioned
- Ability to add custom search engines
- Ease of use
- Import and export functionality
- Documentation issues
- Compatibility issues with certain Firefox versions
Recent reviews
Merely _defining_ a custom search with this addon is trivial.
But nothing in any bit of documentation I've been able to lay hands on tells me how to do any of the following:
* Add this custom search to Firefox' list of default searches.
* Replace ordinary Firefox search with my just-defined custom search in the search window.
* Use the newly defined custom search in any practical way whatsoever.
The newly defined custom search simply vanishes. Without a referent or any practial means of actually sending it the search query I type into the search bar.
The icon shows up nowhere. The name of the custom search shows up nowhere.
The documentation on github leads me down a blind alley.
This addon does not appear to have any practical use.
by Firefox user 15286296, 2024-05-19
by Firefox user 18314556, 2024-03-05
Safety
Risk impact
Search Engines Helper is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Search Engines Helper is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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