Falcon

To activate, type 'f' followed by a tab or space into the Omnibox. Then enter your term and press enter to submit.
What is Falcon?
'Falcon' is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by offering a full text browsing history search. It automatically indexes text on web pages you visit in Chrome, with the aim to facilitate quick and painless browsing retrieval later. Trigger the search by typing 'f' followed by a space or tab in the omnibar.

Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
Rating: 4.59 (34)
Version: 0.2.4 (Last updated: 2019-03-08)
Creation date: 2019-03-08
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 330.75K

Other platforms

Falcon (v0.4.1)
5.00 (3) 141
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Flexible full text browsing history search in Chrome! Press f, then space or tab, in the omnibar to start searching your previously visited websites! Every time you visit a website in Chrome, Falcon indexes all the text on the page so that the site can be easily found later.

More information here: https://github.com/lengstrom/falcon/.

If you know how, I strongly recommend installing "from source" manually rather than through the Chrome Webstore

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Subtle, fast, and smart functionality
  • Works seamlessly as a built-in Chrome feature
  • Useful for tip-of-your-tongue situations
  • Great concept appreciated by users
  • Good for developers
Cons
  • Does not index text from visited pages effectively
  • Search results are limited to 5, making it difficult to find specific phrases
  • Crashes frequently when needed most
  • History feature crashes immediately
  • Issues with indexing external files (e.g., Mega.nz)
Most mentioned
  • Crashes frequently
  • Limited search results
  • Does not index visited pages
  • Great functionality and concept
  • Wish for better indexing capabilities
Recent reviews
by kumoko3, 2024-09-12

Newly it does not index text of the visided pages
by Tomas Glatz, 2023-06-30

If you search "let in", it will return some sites containing a "let" and separately an "in" rather than sites with the full phrase "let in".
by L L, 2021-01-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Falcon requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Falcon has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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