Oops, I can't edit my post anymore, but I wanted to add a little tip for Firefox users (as it is very good now), this addon[1] adds a search engine that does exactly what I do with my custom engine in Chrome.
Funny thing, I did not make this myself, which shows me clearly that I am not the only one feeling this way.
[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-1/?src...