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Product Description:
AcidSearch is a search enhancement for Safari. It adds unlimited "Search Channels" to the Google search field. Channels can be customized in a nearly infinite variety of ways. AcidSearch also includes powerful features such as JavaScript support, the ability to import iSeek and Butler Search Sites, true hierarchical menu organization, and the ability to search multiple search engines at the same time. AcidSearch also allows you to access your search channels with key equivalents, shortcuts (a la SafariKeywords), and a contextual menu. It has been translated into French, Italian, Japanese, and traditional Chinese.
What's new in this version:
- More Find As You Type bugs addressed and features added, including Firefox-style Input Bar
- Channel Images (favicons) added
- Support for Safari 1.3 added
- Bugfixes
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.3.9
- Safari 1.2 - 1.3
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Download AcidSearch Version 0.4 (File Size: 426k)
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Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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The best orphaned add-on ever—time to pass the torch? - Version: 0.62, 1/1/2009 08:16PM PST
updater2534
The best Safari add-on *EVER*…but it doesn't seem to be under development any longer (I've emailed the developer a couple times over the past year or so, he's really nice but it doesn't seem like he has the time and/or inclination to keep AS up to speed)…could it be time to pass the baton? (find some other developer/development team that would be willing to take the project on) It's really a shame that nothing else like this exists, AFAIK (there's one for Firefox but Safari works on a lot more sites than FF in my experience).
Either that or everyone else who uses it start sending him a shareware fee and maybe he'll take another look at it (yes I paid, and no, I'm not connected to him in any way).
Either that or everyone else who uses it start sending him a shareware fee and maybe he'll take another look at it (yes I paid, and no, I'm not connected to him in any way).
A brilliant mess - Version: 0.62, 4/8/2008 07:28AM PST
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brian163
Of all the awesome free/shareware written for the Mac over the years and later seemingly abandoned, I lament AcidSearch most of all. Instantly a "must have" add-on for Safari it is another one of those features Apple should just build right into their browser and be done with it.
(PithHelmet, another Safari plug-in based on SIMBL is the other. But at least begging and pleading from the Mac community have seemingly succeeded in arm-twisting the developer into keeping it alive from Safari build to build.)
The latest betas up through 0.7b3 on Pozytron's site are not fully functional in Safari 3.x, constantly misbehaving by not clearing previous search lists, losing channel settings sporadically, menu items that don't function, etc. And development appears to have ceased back in November with nary an explanation-- long before the latest Safari 3.1 came along.
Oh how I wish more of these little Mac gems were developed by a team of folks similar to open source projects. Of course, anyone can (and should) donate to show support to a solo developer but it's no guarantee the development will go forward when life interrupts their ability to stay up all night squashing bugs and fulfilling the endless supply of feature requests from their users. (I'm sure the few dozen donators listed on Pozytron's site can attest.)
Alas, I'm left wrestling with this thing as-is because I can't make myself let go. I'll just carry on until it completely breaks and keeping praying that 0.7b3.1 will appear someday. ;-)
(PithHelmet, another Safari plug-in based on SIMBL is the other. But at least begging and pleading from the Mac community have seemingly succeeded in arm-twisting the developer into keeping it alive from Safari build to build.)
The latest betas up through 0.7b3 on Pozytron's site are not fully functional in Safari 3.x, constantly misbehaving by not clearing previous search lists, losing channel settings sporadically, menu items that don't function, etc. And development appears to have ceased back in November with nary an explanation-- long before the latest Safari 3.1 came along.
Oh how I wish more of these little Mac gems were developed by a team of folks similar to open source projects. Of course, anyone can (and should) donate to show support to a solo developer but it's no guarantee the development will go forward when life interrupts their ability to stay up all night squashing bugs and fulfilling the endless supply of feature requests from their users. (I'm sure the few dozen donators listed on Pozytron's site can attest.)
Alas, I'm left wrestling with this thing as-is because I can't make myself let go. I'll just carry on until it completely breaks and keeping praying that 0.7b3.1 will appear someday. ;-)
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- A brilliant mess
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/34506
Glims works very well - substitutes ForgetMeNot, MegaZoomer (what Safari is concerned) and AcidSearch (or Inquisitor). And there are a lot more useful functions.