Thanks! I’m interested primarily because I use them a lot, and I have a passion for making them better, in much the same way a craftsman likes to have the right tools for the job. And for me, the tools are almost as important as the job itself.

I could not agree more. It’s all about usability and workflow.

Going to need to check it out some more.

I have no need for 99% of their search acronyms. But you can customize them. I guess I’ve created my own shortcuts and am to used to them. However, like most web based applications, it decentralizes the intellegence, allowing it to be standardized on any computer, and — I’m not sure, I have to check into it — any web browser.

I can’t do Firefox quick searches in Safari… And I have to sync them between my various computers. The syncing doesn’t bother me. I appreciate setting up my quick searches on different computers, because it reminds me which ones are important. However, if I could bring this functionality to Safari or IE, on any computer I use, that would make me take the jump.

It’s all about usability and workflow.

Thanks for the tip. I like it!

It seems apparent to me that you don’t know how to use them from reading this post. The basic idea is you can bookmark a query, replace the query variable with “%s”, and set a keyword or letter.

So for example I use “g” for Google. That way when I type in “153434 / 323 + 45323″, I automatically get 21,529,687.9 spit back from Google. No need to even visit the Google homepage. The only problem is you get to miss all those pretty holiday graphics Google puts up.

But maybe you already knew this. If not, I hope that it helps. This and learning Google’s syntax for everything from mapping to definitions is the single biggest productivity tool I can give anyone in the world. I also use it to search Wikipedia, and a few other popular sites.