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Okay so i have a addon that gives me a google logo i can press to try my search in google if i cant find something on duckduck go but i would like to have the opposite too so a button that would let me click to search on duckduck if googleing isn't successful eg. If someone sends me a google search link

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?

That might get closer to what OP wants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?

yes, probably. but i wouldn't know how, i don't really use userscripts; i prefer to trigger things manually

if anyone else wants to do this: i release the above code under cc0, any person may use it for any purpose without let or hindrance, yada yada

That might get closer to what OP wants

i guess..? but i'm not sure of the functional difference between a button in the bookmarks bar, and a button on the page

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The difference would really just be where to click, and whether you have to have the bookmarks bar enabled. I usually have mine set to only show on the new-tab page.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also i find it harder to find stuff in the bookmark bar then just a button

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

oh fair enough, i forgot that some people hide the bookmarks bar because i find it really useful