2012/05/23

DuckDuckGo Action for QuickSilver

A quick & dirty Applescript for a QuickSilver Action, to quickly do a web search with DuckDuckGo (AKA DDG), in the default browser:

using terms from application "Quicksilver"
 on process text ThisClipping
  tell application "Finder" to open location "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=" & ThisClipping
 end process text
end using terms from

Save the above as something like DDG.scpt, into "~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions"; to make it your default, drag it above other Actions - such as "Search with Google".

Now:

  • Fire up QuickSilver as you normally would (ex: command-space).
  • Type a dot (if required) for free-form text entry.
  • Enter your query & press Return; done.
Any suggestions for improvement are most welcome!

(I miss Searchling, however this is pretty close!)

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