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Routing searches through Dowser
Merlin Mann | Sep 28 2004
I've been experimenting with Dowser, a cool little python script that lets you conduct searches on Google, Teoma, Wikipedia and more from a local "web page" (screenshots). It looks like you can add your own search engines, too, although I haven't tried that yet. The beauty part is that Dowser watches what you do and builds a cache and an alphabetical index based on what you've been searching for. It's pretty nifty and potentially quite useful. I mention it here because fans of our pet search utilities like Sogudi or Quicksilver's built-in site searching can easily re-route a few of their favorite searches through Dowser. You just need to change the strings you've recorded in your setup for either app. Once you have Dowser installed and running on your Mac, try changing Sogudi 's Google string to " Any other good Dowser hacks out there? 6 Comments
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 I started out using the...Submitted by Rui Carmo (not verified) on September 28, 2004 - 9:20pm.
I started out using the QS bookmark technique, but then I came across AcidSearch, which lets you tune Safari searches - and which now has a matching QS plugin, saving me the trouble of maintaining search bookmarks. (Of course, one of the advantages of the bookmarks was that they were iSynced across Macs, but I like using Dowser inside Safari without invoking QS again) » POSTED IN:
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