An alternative to Chrome's Omnibox.
Fauxbar Lite Chrome Extension: Firefox's Awesome Bar Functionality
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.
Extension stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on
2023-11-01
Manifest V2
Permissions:
- <all_urls>
- tabs
- history
- bookmarks
- chrome://favicon/*
- unlimitedStorage
- management
- clipboardWrite
- clipboardRead
- contextMenus
Size: 335.87K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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
User reviews
how to change the search engine icon
not working Add search engines to Fauxbar Lite by right-clicking on search fields
by
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.
by
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.
by
Johnny, 2019-05-05
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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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Fauxbar Lite. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Critical This extension is not longer available in the store
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