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GoogleWithoutGoogle - weekend project for a simple startpage

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Is this really necessary? I use Chrome, and can just type my search in the URL bar and go? I'm pretty sure Firefox has this same feature. On top of all that, if you go to http://www.google.com/ and just start typing, it will start your search. This site just seems like a waste with so many other (quicker) routes that are available. I don't see any value in this. Am I missing something?

This. Also, it breaks my back button.

I will add, however, that the domain is neat and could be used in other creative ways than just a "bad shortcut" (as I explained above). Unless, again, I'm missing something with it's current functionality.

Originally I hoped to somehow hack the instant preview into it (then it would be nice for those who prefer a Huge Search Area instead of a tiny search bar), but then I found google used some methods to prevent you from doing this. For example, no chance of iframe.

The future plan could be to get rid of useless stuffs in google and google search results as much as one could, though this must be against their terms.

Exactly.

What I really like when typing in the URL bar is that it looks for what I'm typing in my history, bookmarks, etc. This way my productivity when opening a website is greatly improved. By example, t opens a new tab (vimium), I then hit n and it instantly selects news.ycombinator.com because it starts by n, then enter. Or m for mail.google.com, d for docs.google.com, etc.

From http://www.google.com/permissions/#tab2

We cannot approve the use of Internet domain names that use the word “Google” or some variation of “Google”. For example, we would not approve a site called googleXYZ.com or gogggles.com.

Google does seem to be a bit lax about it nowadays, compared to a few years back.

Thank you for the info. Now it seems it will be better to suggest Google to build a slim version for those who prefer it.

Complacently brakes the back button, it creates a new back state for each key press when typing. It realy shouldn't do that.

could be a bit risky to have a domain containing the word "google", don't you think? Dude you got it even two times in there, double offensive :)

This could be a killer domain if there is ever a strike at Google. /s

Originally I saw http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/ and then thought: now someone needs to write a simpler "google wrapper" :)

hi - I myself have made a wrapper for gogle, with google int he URL. I am concerned by your statement - can you elaborate please?

Thank you

Nice! If you remove "google" from the URL it will be a cleaner googleless experience :-) Also, can you make the back button work?

Would be neat if it took the first link directly a la "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead of redirecting to the Google search page.

I like it though, even just for its novelty.

Shift+Enter apparently does this.

Tip: if you want to use base64 for URLs, you can remove any trailing =s and add them back in yourself by inspecting the length (they're just padding) for prettier URLs.

I would love to be able to change the google search URL. Mine currently is: <google-base-url>/webhp?complete=0&hl=en&pws=0&safe=off

Good suggestion. Will look into it.

Pressing enter too soon after typing doesn't search sometimes.

From the name, I was expecting a hack to take away the "Search" page, leaving the rest intact. Less useful, but that would be a more interesting statement on perceived bloat in Google.

I hit enter and I still get Google.

Try Shift+Enter.

super minimal. like how it was inspired by the garfield minus garfield thing.

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