Searchling is a free, quick and unobtrusive way to access your favorite search sites in MacOS X. Once running, Searchling appears as a small icon (the 'G', for Google) in your menu bar alongside your other menulings. Click the icon and a small text field and two pop-up buttons will appear. Enter your search and hit return...poof, you've got results in your favorite web browser. The source code is available.
What's New
Version 1.1 adds the following:
Sites definitions now sorted in Application Support directory
Easier to edit, won't be overwritten with newer releases
Displays warning if you mess up the sites.xml file (and uses defaults)
Clicking the menu icon while its displayed will toggle it
Better support for right-clicking on the menu icon (not perfect)
New magnifiying glass icon
Added Google:Groups and Google:Mac to defaults
Version 1.1 adds the following:
Sites definitions now sorted in Application Support directory
Easier to edit, won't be overwritten with newer releases
Displays warning if you mess up the sites.xml file (and uses defaults)
Clicking the menu icon while its displayed will toggle it
Better support for right-clicking on the menu icon (not perfect)
This has got to be one of the more frequently used apps on my machine. I don't understand why it's no longer available for download. If Ambrosia really thinks they can add value that's actually worth buying, they would would allow the continued distribution of this app.
Anonymous, you are missing something: the point is that you can (and should) customize it to search in your prefered search engines, *not* only in Google! - Anyway, meanwhile it has been assimilated by Ambrosia :-(
("iSeek")
[Version 1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 05 Apr 2003
Crap app. What's the point if you can only search in Google. Bloody pointless as you might as well have your browser running.
[Version 1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 09 Jan 2003
Awesome!!! Great Job, very easy to use, and extremely efficient
[Version 1.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 17 Dec 2002
Superb software that works very well. It could use a better method for editing sites, however.
[Version 1.1b]
Anonymousreviewed on 04 Dec 2002
Awesome, very well implemented - and done beautifully.
[Version 1.0]
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Searchling is a free, quick and unobtrusive way to access your favorite search sites in MacOS X. Once running, Searchling appears as a small icon (the 'G', for Google) in your menu bar alongside your other menulings. Click the icon and a small text field and two pop-up buttons will appear. Enter your search and hit return...poof, you've got results in your favorite web browser. The source code is available.
+1
SHRIZZA reviewed on 24 Jun 2006
("iSeek")
Anonymous reviewed on 05 Apr 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 09 Jan 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 17 Dec 2002
Anonymous reviewed on 04 Dec 2002