Ask HN: Review my site - Wunbar (one bar to search across the web)

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It's a neat idea; but I have to say, I wouldn't use it because I can already set up these kinds of short-cuts in my web browser (OmniWeb) with more flexibility.

To give an example of what OmniWeb can do:

- Define any shortcut pattern with any name.

- Map that to a URL, where the string can be substituted in at any point. This also means you can set key-value pairs for queries, etc.

- Specify GET or POST.

So a useful addition to your site might be user profiles that allow people to define anything they could ever want.

Yup, this can be done with some setup. This is the easy/no set-up option. Use it directly on the site, or use it in the firefox search bar. And, the best part for me is that no prefix defaults to Google, so I only go out of my normal search routine when I want to.

Good idea on allowing people to extend the functionality.

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