Reviews for Context Search
Context Search by Olivier de Broqueville
168 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14239906, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by tajchapai, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by getfreedregs, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by maxelo, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13442156, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14066838, 6 years agoPreferences doesnt save, if you just installed addon first time, need to restart browser. PS Sorry for 1 star.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoPreferences are currently saved to local web storage. We're working to save them to sync storage so that they'll be available across your firefox browsers. It's a lot of work. Thank you for your rating. It's very encouraging. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14100994, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14099440, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13030217, 6 years agoI like this extension, but when the particular version needs additional permissions I'd expect more info about reasons.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12865058, 6 years agoLove this add-on.
It is simple and straight on, just the way I wanted it when I was searching for something just like this. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13497604, 6 years agoLove this extension - but is it possible to search for the highlighted keyword in the middle of a URL? For example can I search for "CN2566830" on Google patents by inserting it in the URL between "https://patents.google.com/patent/" and "/en" to build the full URL: https://patents.google.com/CN2566830/en
thanksDeveloper response
posted 6 years agoThank you for your kind words.
You can use {searchTerms} or %s where you want the search term to appear in the URL.
I hope you will enjoy Context Search for a long time. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14036549, 6 years agoMemory problem was fixed fast. 5 Stars again..
"Recently massive memory leaks crashing firefox. Otherwise well done.." - Rated 5 out of 5by Sebastian Haberey, 6 years agoHey Olivier don't let the reviews drag you down. People are angry because the current version has a bug. But bugs happen and it does not change the fact that this is a great plugin. Keep up the good work!
Developer response
posted 6 years agoThank you for your kind words, Sebastian, and SINCERE APOLOGIES to everyone for the bug encountered. I hadn't thoroughly verified the code changes. Will work on fixing the bug right away. Thank you all for your patience. - Rated 5 out of 5by Simon Tesla, 6 years agoEdit: the developer pulled 3.66 which had the memory leak, and it seems to be working well now, making this a handy extension once again.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Toby, 6 years ago6/10/18 Edit: It seem that the bug from the previous version has been eliminated, so the extension is back to its normal awesome state. Very useful and provides a very wide range of search options (for the most part, if a website has a "Search" function, you can add it to your context menu and search for the word/phrase you have highlighted on your active page. Very glad it was fixed quickly. Thanks.
Just like the other recent reviewers, I eventually narrowed it down to this add-on that was causing Firefox to use almost all of my available memory (slowing my computer to a crawl). I don't know if it's from a bad update to the extension, or if it can be fixed soon, but for now I'd avoid this add-on like the plague. Which is a shame because it was previously a convenient tool to have available. - Rated 5 out of 5by WeezyFloridaJJ, 6 years agoHey works fine now, how bout that. Thanks for fixing it, FF was wack without it. Honestly should be a part of Firefox. Actually for years, for me, it has been. Thank you.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoYou should find that the problem has been fixed. Would you please update your rating. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14056589, 6 years agoVersion 3.66 has a major memory leak problem. As soon as it's enabled memory usage spikes until Windows complains of low memory. I have to ALT+CTRL+DEL to terminate FF and restart with addons disabled. Previous version doesn't have this issue and works well. Will make due with previous version until 3.66 is fixed. Great Addon BTW.
@Dev, When I encountered the problem with v3.66 I disabled the addon and auto addon update. Then I reverted to v3.65 in "Version History" of this page so I cannot specifically confirm. But upon manually checking for updates, v3.65 shows up as the latest version and no update is required on my end. I understand that bugs do occur and appreciate your hard work.Developer response
posted 6 years agoI have disabled version 3.66 until further investigation is carried out. Please let me know whether you are reverted back to version 3.65 automatically (or upon checking updates for the addon). Thank you and we're sorry for the trouble caused by version 3.66. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12899361, 6 years agoAfter "Search Engine Creator" is out of usewith FF 53+, I did try "ContextSearch" and
"Selection ContextSearch".
However I stick with "Context Search".
Only I Need is Synchronization via Firefox Account - I dont want to import settings on each machine.
Then it will be The Best. - Rated 5 out of 5by pr_woktoss, 6 years agoVery useful! 5-stars. Developers may consider adding a popup panel similar to "Swift Selection Search" add-on.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12812657, 6 years agoThe extension is useful.
Just one feature would make it perfect for me:
By right-clicking on TEXT that contains some link you can search for that TEXT (not URL).
Just like FF's native context search does it but with various search engines.
Context Search extention by Ben Basson I used before also did the same.
Would be great. Thanks anyway. - Rated 5 out of 5by Bossa Nova, 6 years agoThank you!
Are you planning to add the ability to right-click on a link and search for the link title?
Right now, right-clicking on a link, I see the word "link" (not the link title) and it does not perform any search. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13082926, 6 years agoThanks a lot for updating this extension for the new beast, I have missed it so much!
- Rated 5 out of 5by nikgrc, 6 years agoThanks for this nice extension!
Features request:
1. Do not use "storage-sync.sqlite" file to save search engines, please save them in a file in your extension's folder "...\profile\browser-extension-data\olivier.debroqueville@gmail.com".
2. Allow the use of variables so next searches to work:
a) Search selection In current Page (ex: https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}+site:{variable for "doc.location.hostname"}
b) Translate Current Page in ENGLISH (ex: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=+{variable for "doc.location.href"})
c) Open link in Google Docs Viewer (ex: https://docs.google.com/viewer?hl=en&embedded=true&chrome=true&url={variable for document link})
Thank you - Rated 5 out of 5by mikey_m, 6 years agoThis looks like just what I need! Thanks (also for fixing that bug so quickly)!
Developer response
posted 6 years agoThank you for spotting that bug! I've submitted version 3.63 which should fix it.
https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues/94
I'm sorry for the trouble and please let me know if you encounter any other problems. You may submit bugs on Github at the above address.