Keywurl adds keyword searching to Safari

@Alex Bowen: Keywurl has the right-click-on-a-form-field feature now in the latest beta.

Oh, and many thanks to TUAW for featuring my plugin.

A few comments from the author of this plugin.

It is true that Saft offers keyword searches -- but Saft is a large package that should have been 7-10 separate plugins. It has also been plagued by instability in the past.

Saft is not free, nor is it Free software; the Mac community has historically been catered by small-time shareware, a tradition I have no intention of upholding, since I believe the source should be there for anyone to hack as they please. That's why Keywurl is licensed under the free-for-all BSD license.

You will find a comparison with Sogudi here: http://scotth.tumblr.com/post/28362388

I ditched Saft when Leopard came out as most of what I used it for was in there. Shortcuts to specific search engines was something I was missing, so this is great for me.

Fantastic - now I can switch between Opera and Safari, without cursing and swearing over Safari's lack of address bar search and shortcuts!

Now if someone could make an iPhone version ...

this is done is SAFT and its much easier to add new queries. just find the search box you want on a website, right click on it and choose "Add as saft shortcut" and a box will pop up, enter the keyword and your done.

talk about a filler article

I can't believe I just figured out Firefox can do this too.

Saft has done this for years, along with its many other useful features such as session restore, search box customization, full screen mode, and numerous more. Check it out at http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/.

im not impressed.
opera does this since years, and contrary to safari, its fast and usable.

Or, just use yubnub. Works on any browser and already has most of these search engines built in. If not, just add it yourself.

w00master

But in my opinion Inquisitor does this better, you don't have to assign yourself certain preferences - Inquisitor already knows them.

Ok ok, Inquisitor is one keystroke further away but it's still fast to press cmd+L, tab and start writing "wiki Steve Jobs" and then you just select what you want.