Inquisitor 3.0: The Smart Way to Search

Posted by Craig Bovis on 02/5/07 in Applications, Internet

Inquisitor 3 is a must have plugin for anyone who uses the built in search functions of Safari. It extends the capabilities of the Google search bar instantly finding the top results as you type, auto-completing your words with suggestions (and boy are these accurate!) plus it allows you to quickly search over other search engines with customizable shortcuts!

The best part? It’s 100% FREE!

Inquisitor 3.0: Full Safari Screenshot

To quote the developer, “it’s like Spotlight for the web”, this is no lie. Not only does it support you with your searches however, it remembers what you have been searching for, flagging previously visited results on the fly. Don’t worry though, it’s all remembered on your Mac so you don’t have to worry about Big Brother watching you!

Install is simple, download the software from the Inquisitor 3 website, run the installer and you’re all ready. Launch Safari to begin!

If you’re into tweaking your apps then the Inquisitor preferences can be found alongside the normal Safari preferences on a new tab called Search. From here you can configure auto-completion, what kind of results should be returned & where they should be found etc. One of the most powerful yet simple features is the ability to add custom search engines (not just the usual Yahoo, Google etc). This is one of those apps that you will keep, use and nurture for a lifetime. Make sure you download it NOW!

Inquisitor 3.0: Preferences

To get you started with custom search engines why not add MacApper?

Once you’ve installed Inquisitor switch to the Search tab in Safari’s preferences and click the Edit Sites button. This will bring up a list of additional search engines each with a URL next to them. Click the + button below this list and select “New custom search shortcut…”. For the Site Name use “MacApper” and for the URL use “http://macapper.com/?s=%@”

Click Done, and perform a search to check out your results. It should look like something I made earlier…

MacApper Search in Inquisitor 3

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Rennervater said on

February 5th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

This is sooo cool, I wish I still had my mac to use it on

Andre said on

February 5th, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Camino FTW.

wph said on

February 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Great app, I’ve used it for a long time.
No link though?
http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/

Rennervater said on

February 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

Flock does something like this (I only just realized)

Glenn Wolsey said on

February 5th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

whp, link added to article. Thanks for pointing that out.

Janice Lo said on

February 5th, 2007 at 5:00 pm

i have inquisitor installed on my mac too, i swear it’s one of the best plugins ever. dave finally released something for free, yay!

alej744 said on

February 5th, 2007 at 6:45 pm

I went to my friends’ house and when I typed some words into the “Inquisitor” / “Google” bar in Safari, I subconsciously waited for the little black drop-down to appear.
It didn’t, and then I came back to reality and thought:

“Dooohâ€”Oops! He doesn’t have Inquisitor. That sucks.”

Poopcake said on

February 5th, 2007 at 6:56 pm

Oh boy, ANOTHER mac app blog

Sherb said on

February 5th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

This is very cool. It’s the first time I have heard of Inquisitor, but I just installed it and it seems very handy… but only time will tell.

@Poopcake: If you don’t like it, leave!

shadownight said on

February 5th, 2007 at 8:01 pm

I actually don’t like Inquisitor… It keeps popping up when I’m just typing, and the first three results are almost never the ones I want. I guess it’s not adapted to me. I much prefer AcidSearch http://www.pozytron.com/?acidsearch

gabe said on

February 5th, 2007 at 8:34 pm

@Rennervater… not trying to be daft here but, if you dont have a mac anymore, why you hanging around mac-centric sites like this? Trying to relive your glory days?

Andre said on

February 5th, 2007 at 10:21 pm

@Poopcake: Um, wow. o.o

Brad said on

February 5th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

I’ve been using Inquisitor for a little over a month now and I absolutely love it :). I highly recommend it!

Niklas Nisen said on

February 6th, 2007 at 1:34 am

I could not live without Inquisitor. It’s just indispensable.

Alex G. said on

February 6th, 2007 at 11:51 pm

I really love Inquisitor. I can hit enter for a Google search, and command enter for a wikipedia search!

Carla said on

February 7th, 2007 at 5:00 pm

I’ve been using AcidSearch for quite some time now. And I really like it. I will give Inquisitor a try. I might have to make a switch if I like it more.

Mike said on

July 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

I’m trying Inquisitor out and like it but in the preferences it does not allow me to add the link info for add’l search engines. Any ideas?

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ssk said on

September 21st, 2007 at 1:27 am

The reason it is free, and the reason why a lot of searches aren’t relevant the programmer makes money if we click on an ad resulting from an Inquisitor search of Google or Amazon.

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