Hitkey

Hit a key and Search.

What is Hitkey?

Hitkey is a Google Chrome extension that enables fast web surfing by allowing users to search selected texts on a webpage with a single key press. It provides customization options and supports multiple search engines.

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Stats

By: Eiji Muroichi

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Users: 128 ▲ 4

Rating: 4.90 (10)

Version: 2.0.1 (Last updated: 2013-02-20)

Creation date: 2013-02-19

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
storage

Size: 49.19K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 60473 ▲ 320

Other rankings

#8372 in Tools ▼ 90 #121 in configure keyword 16 ▲ 10 #141 in query keyword 5 ▼ 2

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Summary

Analyze keywords

Feb.17, 2013 Updated to version 2.0.0

Sync your setting with Google account
Improved UI
Bug fix

Google Chrome extension for the fastest web surfing. Select any texts on a webpage then hit a configured key. New tab will open with the search results page by selected words. You can configure up to 10 keys for your favorite search engines.

Default setting: g - Google m - Google map w - wikipedia a - amazon.com

User reviews

It doesn't work after updating chrome. please help to let this extension work.

梅迎朝, 2014-05-26

Hooray!! completely awesome app to help me navigate through different engines. to me the most important thing is scholar search, and it definitely makes it much easier.

Mengsen Zhang, 2012-11-12

You can search in your liked websites like a piece of cake

Huso Amir, 2012-08-23

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Safety

Risk impact

Hitkey may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.