Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Beta Beat
Inquisitor 3, now free
Inquisitor bills itself as 'Spotlight for the web,' and while I'm not sure about that claim I do know one thing: it looks cool. The beta of the 3rd version of this Safari plugin has been released, and the developer has announced that Inquisitor is now free (it was previously €5).Inquisitor only works with Safari, but you can choose between Google or Yahoo for results (and from a number of different localizations of the two).
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
andreas said 9:17AM on 10-29-2006
I've been using Inquisitor for a long time. It is extremely usefull. Displays web results as you type, even suggests what you are typing - and does a pretty good job.
I almost don't use the adress bar any more. I just start typing the url in the search field, and within seconds inquisitor displays the site as a searchresult, then I just select it. It saves me keystrokes everytime I want to visit a site, and saving keystrokes is what personal computing is all about.
Can't wait to try the new version out!
Reply
wackybit said 9:25AM on 10-29-2006
now make NewsFire free
Reply
andreas said 9:33AM on 10-29-2006
Well. First impressions:
Inquisitor now displays page icons for the search results, pretty nice. But the new black background with white and grey text reduces readability. My eyes have to adapt to the different colors in Inquisitor, and because they are different from the rest of the OS and most websites (use dark text on light background) that actually is tiring. Form over matter.
I'm going to use this new version for the rest of the day, and if I still find it to be tiring I will revert back to 2.6. The new features are not significant enough to justify reduced readability.
The developer shoul offer a white option as it has been suggested by a commenter on his blog. (http://www.newsfirerss.com/blog/?p=146#comments)
Reply
WinnetouKoslowski said 9:36AM on 10-29-2006
Looking good! Is there a Quicksilver Plugin available?
Reply
Kevin said 9:46AM on 10-29-2006
Safari should have this by default. And with the free version it seems possible.
Reply
Brendan said 10:09AM on 10-29-2006
Won't install for me?
Reply
Ed said 10:53AM on 10-29-2006
I can just see apple buying this up. Seems perfect to be integrated. Really nice application.
Seems to crash if you try to add a custom search engine though...
I would like a few more options too, color would be a start.
Reply
Ronald Heft said 12:00PM on 10-29-2006
Does anyone know of anything like this for Firefox?
Reply
Macskeeball said 12:47PM on 10-29-2006
Ronald, use Firefox 2 for the search suggestions. I wish Inquisitor still supported Camino.
Reply
Yuusou said 1:49PM on 10-29-2006
I'm not gonna try this new beta unless he updates it with a white background option. As it is, Inquisitor does everything I need so I'm in no rush.
I do wanted to put out there a new subject for this thread though. What is your favorite custom search query?
I have to say I really like being able to do a search on gmail without having to open mail.app
This is it right here for all the new people to try out. (Replace the "xx" with "tt" of course.)
hxxp://mail.google.com/mail/?search=query&view=tl&start=0&init=1&fs=1&q=%@
Reply
Yuusou said 1:51PM on 10-29-2006
Sorry about the mangled quasi link up there. I wasn't sure how the address was going to be handled.
Reply
umijin said 3:00PM on 10-29-2006
FREE? Better get my $5 back.
Reply
Michael May said 3:59PM on 10-29-2006
OMG this is amazing!! I love it, thanks scott!
and the black background rocks.
Reply
Wysiwyg said 4:46PM on 10-29-2006
My kingdom for someone who knows how to revert the black menu to be like the one in version 2.6!
Reply
Squid said 5:15PM on 10-29-2006
I keep going back to safari...I love it. For the mac its the best. Firefox runs slow on my system... Omniweb has its issues. Camino... its Safari with less features. Inquisitor is Awesome Thanks DW!
Reply
Andy Miller said 5:31PM on 10-29-2006
So useful, and I love the new look. Thanks Mr Watanabe!
Reply
Schlaeps said 12:52AM on 10-30-2006
Are you kidding me.
I just bought this not 2 days ago.
Reply
cameron aka desk003 said 2:05AM on 10-30-2006
Where the heck is the camino version?
Reply
Galley said 7:08AM on 10-30-2006
Yeah, we definitely need a white interface option.
Reply
michel said 12:36PM on 10-30-2006
options.. it's only add noise and complexify interfaces
Reply