On Thu, 20 May 2021 at 01:40, Kai Köhne <kai.koe...@qt.io> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Development <development-boun...@qt-project.org> On Behalf Of Jason H > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:26 > > To: giuseppe.dang...@kdab.com > > Cc: development@qt-project.org > > Subject: Re: [Development] Changes to Freenode's IRC > > > > * Before you laugh, and say that is crazy, consider that the online Qt Docs search results now have ads: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/search-results.html?q=camera shows 4 ads for me. And I don't know of any other toolkit who serves their documentation with ads. Take for example mozdev: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=camera shows 0 ads. React, 0 ads. I figure it's only a matter of time until the actual documentation pages have ads too. (There may be good reasons for ads, but it's still not a good look.) > > It's true that the embedded search on doc.qt.io sometimes shows ads. But it's not the result of evil TQtC making heaps of money with ads. It's just a side-effect of using google for embedded search, and has been like that since years (if not decades) ... We have actually recently started to look into it (again), see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTWEBSITE-723 if you want to get updates.
For those who want to avoid ads and/or the Google search engine, consider the Qt Doc Search browser extension. Features: * Initiate searches from any browser tab; no need to navigate to doc.qt.io first * Search a specific version of Qt or a specific tool (Qt Creator, Qt Design Studio, GammaRay, etc.) * Choose your search engine (default: DuckDuckGo) User links: * (Chrome/Edge) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/qt-doc-search/gfigdpnkjnilcielpnmfmdnnbloabjoh * (Firefox) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/qt-documentation-search/ Other links: * (Original forum post) https://forum.qt.io/topic/35616/web-browser-extension-for-improved-doc-searches * (Source code, public domain) https://github.com/JKSH/qt-doc-search/ Regards, Sze-Howe
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