{"id":29216,"date":"2023-09-01T16:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=29216"},"modified":"2023-09-01T17:14:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:14:44","slug":"chrome-sidebar-search-is-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=29216","title":{"rendered":"Chrome – sidebar search is awesome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chrome has added an awesome new feature (as of Version 116.0.5845.112 (Official Build) (64-bit)) – sidebar search (official name???); select some text -> rclick -> Search for <selected> in Google *NEW*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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this opens a Google search in a narrow sidebar to the right (configurable search engine? nope) configurable local & size? nope!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is brilliant! Very close to what I was wanting (and may have suggested to Chrome devs??); for ~80% of things I want to lookup, a small side-panel is all that’s needed. this keeps my focus on the main page, whereas the “open in new tab” or :open in new window” is too jarring?? to my reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of video examples (are these useful without narration or notes; I would like to do minimal to now editing or narration??)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking up IMBD or Rotten Tomatoes results for movies is ridiculously easy now. (should also note the text\/graphics dichotomy<\/a> illustrated here… luckily the webpage gave us text as well as images (posters) of the shows; if they had just given the images I wouldn’t be able to swipe -> rclick…). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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