Big Search chrome extension

What is Big Search?

Big Search is a search engines extension for chrome. it's a free extension , it has 513 active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 3.67 from 3 rated user, last update is 618 days ago.

What’s new in version 3.2.3?

                ✅ Ready for daily, entertainment & work. ? Besides what any multi-engine web search tool can do (GET/POST, user custom engines, built-in Google,DuckDuckGo,Youtube,eBay,Github etc) , it also can ✨:
- ?️ Single-line or multi-line text
- ?️ Desktop (browser extension / web app) and mobile (web app)
- ? Even works with websites that don't provide GET/POST interface (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites)
- ? Do many operations at once by one button
- ? User JSON programatical advanced customization (GUI easy editing also). Great flexibility  in engine data & search method

and so on...  Go on for readme

Disclaimer: This is an open-source user-customizable third-party tool. We are not employee or working with those search engines.

### Basic
- ? Use any search engines or inquery websites (multiple simultaneously) from one page. Any websites that support GET/POST request. 
  > E.g: Google, DuckDuckGo, Youtube, eBay, Github etc. Customizable. 60+ built-in.
- ? User adding custom-defined search engine (syncronizable in extension)

### More
- ?️ Single-line or multi-line text edit/input and sending
  > Useful when for e.g. you want to have article paragraphs translated
- ?️ Search engines categorization
- ? Save, reuse and manage your input history (only saved locally in the browser localStorage)
- ?️ Quickly use user selected text on webpage as search term ( context menu) 
  > - Not in Firefox incognito mode
  > - On Chrome, after clicking context menu item, click the icon on toolbar (or use keyboard shortcut)
- ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut  ( you may need to change )
  - Open popup. Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+S`   Chrome & others：`Ctrl+Shift+S` 
  - Set selected text as search term (then use open popup). Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+D`  Chrome & others：`Ctrl+Shift+D`
  >  change on Chrome: `chrome://extensions/shortcuts` 
- ?️ Support both desktop (browser extension & web app) and mobile (web app only) devices

### Even more: What's special about it
- ? Even works with those websites that don't provide GET/POST interface to public (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites) 
- ? Do many operations at once by one button
- ✨ Good-looking, powerful and lightweight 
- ? Uses JSON as unified search engines database (both built-in and user-defined). Has strong flexibility & extensibility in engine data: 
  - ? Multiple buttons for one engine: more than one operations for one engine. (Buttons inherit data from engine. Some key-value data ​​in button can override the ones in engine name)
  - ? Cross-engine use: Call another engine (or it's certain button action) to do the action
  - ? String-formatting or character-replacing user's input, according to engine's need. And, charset specifying.
  - ? Combining above two to search websites that don't support search

### Safety & Privacy
- ?️ Minimum default permissions. Won't ask for sensitive permissions until needed. (browser extension)
- ?️ Pure client-side tool functions fully. No necessary server. No collecting user's input or ad analyzing. 
- ?️ Hide HTTP Referrer by default to protect user privacy.
- ?️ Browser extension does not inject anything to web sites. (except when using In-page-Ajax-render engine)

## FAQ

Q: I selected text and used context menu, it won't automatically show popup until I click toolbar button (on some browsers like Chrome)

A: It's because of defect of Chrome browser engine. Please use key combination `Ctrl+Shift+D` then `Ctrl+Shift+S` (you may want to modify them) as workaround


## How to edit search engines
Ordinary users who only use basic features can directly use our online gui engine-editing tool
link 1
https://acsearch.ga/editengine.php
link 2
http://acsearch.tk/editengine.php
link 3
https://garywill.github.io/BigSearch/editengine.html

(Read more at source code page:
https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch )            

How to install Big Search?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Big Search

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Reviews of big search:

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Сергей Друзь June 26th, 2022

Hi there! No Icons. No multiple links are open in one click. How can I select 5 or 7 links and open them at one time??? No Russian language. No folders and SubFolders (infinity nesting). The visual design sucks ?? Can't get how to use it for this site? >>> https://andisearch.com The product is still raw. Right now I'm using Trufflepiggy and Selection Search. Take care ?

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tianhai liu April 3rd, 2022

插件最大的亮点是能支持 POST界面网站和Ajax渲染网站，且支持一键多个引擎搜索，DIY性强，非常喜欢的一个插件！！！

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