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Camron on Catch a Shortwave

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:19:03 GMT

In my wave file, a couple that many might find useful:

rt for RottenTomatoes Search
down for DownForEveryoneOrJustMe

Dave on Catch a Shortwave

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:31:48 GMT

Cool, works as advertised…

Would you be open to making the source available so someone might want to install a local version?

Antonio on Catch a Shortwave

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:20:18 GMT

Shaun, thanks. I would sign up for a free account to get a history of my searches.

I’m no developer so I apologize if this sounds stupid but couldn’t you “write” each search to a text file that would be hosted locally and then invoke the page when you type in “history” into Shortwave? Similar to the behavior of when you type in “help”.

Shaun Inman on Catch a Shortwave

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:48:14 GMT

Antonio, history would be a bit tricky since I don’t keep a record of recent searches. Because the bookmarklet uses a JavaScript window.prompt() (enabling use on an empty window or framesets which have no DOM) we can’t store recent searches in a cookie. The cookie would be set by whichever domain you were on when you triggered the search and unaccessible to other domains. Additionally the window.prompt() method doesn’t allow for scriptable autocomplete/suggestions.

I’ll mull it around a bit more but I don’t think its possible without requiring an account or crippling Shortwave on empty windows and framesets.

Ivan Nikolic on Catch a Shortwave

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:40:13 GMT

Shaun, this is a great tool, will try to use it as much as I can! Thanks!

Antonio on Catch a Shortwave

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:33:25 GMT

Shaun, is there anyway to have a history of the searches? One thing I love about the Saft quick searches is that it keeps a list of the most recent searches. If something like this could be implemented it would make it perfect.

Peter Baumgartner on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:41:38 GMT

Django documentation would be a great add-on.

Just a simple Google search with “site:www.djangoproject.com/documentation” tacked on to it.

Ian Hart on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:19:18 GMT

Brilliant little app!

I’ve been manually shortcutting for a while (rather than loading wikipedia, I would just google “wiki something”) - this takes it a step further and speeds up the iPhone/iPod Touch search process.

Thanks!

Stuart on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:38:44 GMT

Lovely lil’ app. Thank you.

Shaun Inman on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Matthom, Like any bookmark, just add the bookmarklet to Safari on your desktop and then sync your bookmarks to your iPhone/iPod touch with iTunes. Open up MobileSafari, hit the bookmarks button and then click the Shortwave bookmark.

Matthom on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:13 GMT

I’m a little confused how to use this on MobileSafari. Can someone explain to me? Thanks.

david on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:01:12 GMT

hi shaun. looks like a great tool.

i would suggest adding google image search. i use that one most days.

img http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

Louije on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:53:15 GMT

Hi Shaun,

One wave you could add would be the “Feeling Lucky” feature of Google, as it can be a real time saver in some situations. Here is the URL : google.com/search?q=stuff&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

I guess a “gl” trigger could go (or uppercase G, maybe).

Cheers.

Buaasz on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:51 GMT

Very cool tool indeed Shuan and very neat and clean design, kudos!!

taylor on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:07:21 GMT

This is really cool, thanks a ton! I’m not really sure how I am supposed to add custom triggers; I don’t completely understand the whole .txt thing, but a Fandango or last.fm shortcut would be great!

Sam Brown on Catch a Shortwave

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:30:41 GMT

It really is a sweet little tool you have created Shaun, great work as always. Love your naming abilities too! ;)