An extension that selects a random search engine from a preset list.

See: https://twitter.com/danielsgriffin/status/1476639963798114304

N.b. Chrome/Brave only.

1. Read the code to understand what it is doing.
2. Download locally.
3. Chrome/Brave: Extensions > Load unpacked > Hit "Select" once in the folder (seeing only search.js, images folder, and manifest.json)

N.b. Not currently on the Chrome Web Store.

1. Type 'q' into the address bar, then space. That should select "query random se", showing a favicon and "query random se" (the 'name' in manifest.json)).
2. Type your query as you normally would and press enter.
3. Search opens in new tab.

N.b. I'm not sure yet how to change the "default" engine randomly w/o the burden of a popup telling you that it has been changed.

The search opening in a new tab is not my normal process. I would prefer, I think, to run in the current tab. TODO

Remember: Get to the address bar by hitting Cmd L (Mac) / Ctrl L (Windows).

• www.duckduckgo.com
• www.search.brave.com
• www.twitter.com
• www.bing.com
• www.ecosia.org
• www.google.com
• www.qwant.com
• www.you.com
• www.perplexity.ai

You can update the preset list of search engines in search.js (see presetList). Note the convention follows the convention of replacing the query text w/ '%s' found in selecting search engines in Chrome/Brave.

Credit to:

• This comment from Reddit user Cabidiwa for getting me started: https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/np9xdr/comment/h04b10o/
• I didn't understand that code at all and wasn't wanting to be sending every random query to a website that I could learn much about. I used this reference in the documentation from Chrome to get to something I understood and trusted:https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/omnibox/