Web Search Navigator

Name: Web Search Navigator
Rating: 4.9592 (49 reviews)
Author: Michal Novák

Boost your searching productivity with Web Search Navigator! Adds keyboard shortcuts to navigate within Google Search results.

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Web Search Navigator is a lightweight, open-source Chrome extension designed to boost your search productivity by adding powerful keyboard shortcuts to Google Search and optionally other websites. Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, this extension facilitates quick navigation through search results, switching between different search tabs like images, news, videos, maps, and more. Users can customize every keyboard shortcut and synchronize settings across devices using the same browser profile.

Key features include navigation within Google results, opening links in background or new tabs/windows, filtering search results by time, and experimental support for sites like YouTube, Startpage, Brave Search, Google Scholar, GitHub, and Amazon. Additionally, Web Search Navigator offers custom CSS rules to personalize the look of highlighted results, enhancing visual clarity during searches. This extension is ideal for users seeking a faster, keyboard-driven search experience.

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Version:

0.5.2 Last updated: 2023-05-29

Version code:

5573121

Creation date:

2018-03-01

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Permissions:

storage

Size:

213.07K

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Firefox Browser Add-ons

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Ranking

# 3,020 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#361 in Search Tools ▼ 1

#4 in navigation keyword 13

#64 in result keyword 18

#87 in boost keyword 46 ▼ 3

#94 in web keyword 73 ▼ 2

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Other platforms

Web Search Navigator (v0.5.2)

9,000+ 4.86

(259)

Web Search Navigator (v0.4.17)

2,308+ 4.60

(7)

User reviews

Users praise the Web Search Navigator add-on for effectively restoring and improving keyboard navigation in web searches, with customizable shortcuts and cross-browser compatibility. It's appreciated for its simplicity, intuitiveness, and active maintenance. However, some users noted occasional glitches with initial search results and reported installation errors on certain Firefox versions.

Pros

Restores and enhances keyboard navigation functionality for web searches.
Highly customizable shortcuts for user convenience.
Works well across multiple browsers including Firefox and Brave.
Simple, intuitive, and easy to use interface.
Regularly updated and maintained, unlike similar outdated extensions.

Cons

Occasionally gets stuck on initial unscrolled search results view.
Installation issues reported on specific Firefox versions (e.g., Firefox 99.0.1).

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Web Search Navigator requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Risk likelihood

Web Search Navigator has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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