Fauxbar Lite

Name: Fauxbar Lite
Rating: 4.40625 (32 reviews)
Author: Chris McFarland

An alternative to Chrome's Omnibox.

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-11-01

Fauxbar Lite is a Chrome extension that brings Firefox's Awesome Bar functionality to Google Chrome. It allows quick and easy access to your history pages, tabs, and bookmarks, with results ranked using Mozilla's frecency algorithm. Features include mid-word searching, URL auto-fill/autocomplete, intelligent page pre-rendering, keyword shortcuts and more. Furthermore, it offers a tiles functionality displaying your favorite websites with screenshot thumbnails. Despite its comprehensive features, Fauxbar Lite doesn't replace your Chrome's New Tab page.

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By:: Chris McFarland
Users:: 722
Rating:: 4.41

(32)
Version:: 1.8.1 (Last updated: 2019-06-13)
Creation date:: 2019-06-13
Risk:: Very high risk impact High risk likelihood
Permissions:: <all_urls>
tabs
history
bookmarks
chrome://favicon/*
unlimitedStorage
management
clipboardWrite
clipboardRead
contextMenus
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Size:: 335.87K
URLs:: Website
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a year ago

User reviews

Pros

Enhances usability of Chrome
Mimics Firefox's 'Awesome Bar'
Searches history and gives accurate suggestions

Cons

Doesn't function as a default search engine
Requires typing 'f' and pressing 'spacebar' to use
Seems to use up CPU cycles upon Chrome startup

Most mentioned

Problem with it redirecting to homepage instead of performing search
Comparison to Firefox's Awesome Bar
F + spacebar functionality

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User reviews

how to change the search engine icon not working Add search engines to Fauxbar Lite by right-clicking on search fields

Pawel Jan, 2022-07-30

This is a great app. One tiny problem: sometimes the searches go to the homepage rather than doing a proper search. Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com are particularly bad for this.

Catherine Prickett, 2019-08-09

Doesn't really do anything. IF it was on the main screen like Firefox's bar, then it would be useful ! I tried to add Wikipedia to it. I had to manually edit in the details. And then when I tried it, it just went to the main page ! Garbage.

Johnny, 2019-05-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Fauxbar Lite requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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