I saw that tiennou tried to create a different (and much smaller) list:
http://wiki.github.com/tiennou/blacktree-elements/alternate-web-searches I'm Using the Web Search plugin downloaded from the plugins pane. After I followed the instructions, I noticed that they didn't work anymore. The *** that QS needs to designate the link as a websearch were seen as their hexcodes (%2A%2A%2A). Any one else have this problem? Perhaps I have an old version of the plugin? Specs MBP: 2.4 GHz Snow Leopard 10.6.4 (Recent Erase & Install) QS: b58, clean install WebSearch Module v104 On Jul 14, 9:52 am, dsanson <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't want to push any agenda involving distancing QS from Alcor. > > But I do think there are two aspects of the Web Search Module that > stand to be improved: > > 1. I think the web search list on blacktree is bloated. In the version > of the Web Search Module I have (from tiennou/blacktree-elements), > there is the option to have two sources: the normal list and an > "extended list". Perhaps there is a way to edit the web search lists > on blacktree to take better advantage of this. Perhaps it would be > better to switch to some other hosting (e.g., a github wiki) for these > lists. > > 2. In the "Custom" sources section of the catalog, I can either add a > "Web Search List"---adding urls one at a time---I can add a local html > file filled with search links via the "File and Folder Scanner". It > would be nice to add a "Web Page Scanner" that harvests links, > including searches, from a remote html file. Then it would be easy for > the community of users to share web search lists of all kinds. > > As for the wiki page I posted: perhaps the right thing to do instead > is to fork blacktree-elements, create a branched version of the Web > Search Module with the alternate Info.plist, and put the alternate web > search page on the wiki of the github fork? I'm happy to do whatever > the developers are most comfortable with.
