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DESCRIPTION
Keywurl is a small, free plugin for Safari that adds keyword search to the browser'ss address bar.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.4b6: Uupdates Keywurl to support the final release of Safari 4. (Only tested on Leopard as I do not have access to Tiger at this time.)
REQUIREMENTS
Safari 4 or later, Mac OS X 10.5 or later. For Tiger version or older Safari 3 version, see 'More Information'.


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Developer:Alexander Staubo
Downloads:4,344
  - Version d/l:577
Internet:Browsers
License:Free
Date:15 Jun 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Jun 22 2009

SJK  This may be of interest at least to some former Sogudi users:

Keywurl's default shortcut overrides Safari's domain auto-matching on domainless entries in the location field. For example, entering mumble- (if there are no Top Hit, History, or Bookmark matches) uses Keywurl's default shortcut (e.g. a Google search for mumble) instead of trying to resolve mumble.com (at least). This is why I preferred Sogudi's simple method of prepending Space to invoke its default shortcut. For now my workaround is to disable Keywurl's default shortcut and assign a single '.' as a Google search shortcut. This gives Safari's domain auto-matching priority over Keywurl for handling non-shortcuts in the location field. Being used to Sogudi's behavior made it bothersome typing single words I anticipated would be handled by Safari instead of Keywurl's default shortcut.  
(Version 1.4b6)

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Jun 16 2009
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BERTOBOX  Thanks for the update! I love Keywurl!! :)  
(Version 1.4b6)

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Jun 9 2009

GCOGHILL  The new beta 5 version generates an error for me with Safari 4 final. Sees Keywurl as v 1.4.0 and gives the warning window upon launch that it hasn't been loaded.  
(Version 1.4b5)

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Jun 9 2009

SJK  Changing MaxBundleVersion from 5528 to 5530 in Info.plist will eliminate the warning dialog so Keywurl will load, but 1.4b5 is incompatible with Safari 4 final and broke URL processing in the address field when I tested it. At least until it's fixed I'm satisfied switching to SafariStand Quick Search shortcuts; haven't noticed any issues with SS 4.0L166.  
(Version 1.4b5)

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Jun 9 2009

GCOGHILL  Interesting that a new release came out the day after Safari 4 final was released, but not compatible. Probably just an oversight by the dev.  
(Version 1.4b5)

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Jun 9 2009

SJK  Actually 1.4b5 was released on Mar 16, adding (or fixing?) Safari 4 beta support, as you can see on the developer site. MacUpdate was slow to post the update.  
(Version 1.4b5)

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Jun 9 2009

GCOGHILL  Aha… that explains it. thanks for the heads up. I dropped a line to the dev, erroneously thinking he released a new version.  
(Version 1.4b5)

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Jun 13 2009

ANONYMOUS  The new release works with Safari 4 final.  
(Version 1.4b6)

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Jun 14 2009

ALUAKZ  thank you for being quick with the update! i cannot live without keywurl...  
(Version 1.4b6)

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Jun 9 2009

GCOGHILL  Just a heads up that the current version is not compatible with Safari 4 final. The dev is pretty responsive to updates so I am sure it will be updated shortly.  
(Version 1.4b3)

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May 8 2009
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UNCOY  Superb free plugin. Makes Safari a joy to use. I've been using it for months.

Really improves browsing experience. Stays out of your way.

Something similar in Safari Stand which I've just started using for the highlighted source code.  
(Version 1.4b3)

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May 4 2009
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ALUAKZ  simply amazing! neat, simple, and useful... i used to be on sogudi ages ago, but after getting a new macbook, i couldn't manage to get it installed on leopard. i've tried inquisitor, which was nice but too cluttered. it doesn't do search from the address bar, but in the search bar. i could never get safarisia installed. but this little pluglin in a beauty! finally i can go back to searching through address bar without getting my hands off the keyboard. thank you!  
(Version 1.4b3)

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Apr 13 2009

SW_TESTER  you have to go to the DEVs site to DL the Safari 3 version.

what is Keywurl running a backup of the keyword.plist every 2 minutes?

way overkill. maybe backup only on quit?

check your console log to see backup activity.  
(Version 1.4b3)

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Feb 25 2009
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GCOGHILL  Must have plugin for Safari.

Developer also released a Safari 4 version lightning quick.  
(Version 1.4b3)

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Nov 16 2008

ANDREW SCOTT  Sadly Keywurl seems to conflict with Safari 3.2.

What a pity, I really miss it.  
(Version 1.4b2)

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Dec 16 2008

GCOGHILL  I am using it with 3.2.1 and been using it for a while now with no probs. Sure it's not some other plugin conflict?  
(Version 1.4b2)

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Dec 17 2008

ANDREW SCOTT  That's interesting. I just installed it again and got this error when I launched Safari:

"Safari 3.2.1 (v5525.27.1) has not been tested with the plugin Keywurl (null) (v1.3.5). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please contact the plugin developer (not the SIMBL author) for further information."  
(Version 1.4b2)

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Dec 17 2008

ANDREW SCOTT  Oops! Strike that. I made the mistake of downloading the earlier version from the developers site ("download and install" gives you the earlier, non-beta version, not 1.4b2). I should have looked more carefully.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! It's great to have Keywurl back.  
(Version 1.4b2)

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Jul 16 2008
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STEVEN GOODHEART  Keywurl is awesome!

I use it dozens of times of day with Safari 3.1.2 and OS X 10.5.4. (Couldn't get Sogudi to work well with my set-up.) Btw, my all-time Safari add-on, SafariStand, does keywords too, but I like Keywurl's interface better.)

Setting it up is so simple and easy because of the great interface.

Here are some fave searchess -- you can, of course, give your own keywords. For example, I use wk for Wikipedia searches.

(Where you see "Query" below, is where Keywurl puts in its Query lozenge (it seems to automatically put in the commas where needed before and after the Query lozenge, because when you look at the expansion in Keywurl you don't see commas, but when I copied and pasted here, the commas where correctly inserted.)

Anyway, Keywurl is awesome, and this might help you get started:

All Music

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=,Query,&opt1=1

Amazon Search:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dblended%26field-keywords%3D,Query

Discogs

http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=,Query

Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/,Query

Google Search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=,Query,&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Google Image Search:

http://images.google.com/images?q=,Query,&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=,Query

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

http://imdb.com/find?s=all&q=,Query

MacUpdate

http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=,Query,&starget=google

VersionTracker

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=,Query,&srchArea=macosx&submit=Go

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=,Query,&go=Go

YouTube

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=,Query

Of course, you can also use Keywurl to just open any website you want with a keyword -- for example, I type gn to open Google News. To add other searches, go the site your interested in, do a search there, and then copy the url into Keywurl, replacing your search keyword with one or more of Keywurl/s Search lozenges,as needed. With a little luck and experimentation, you can set up searchs at almost any web site.

(You can use these Searches in SafariStand too, but there, as I recall, SafariStand uses @key& for its keyword Search field, not a graphic lozenge like Keywurl does.)

Good luck!  
(Version 1.4b2)

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