Fauxbar Lite
Overview
Fauxbar Lite is a Chrome extension developed by Chris McFarland.
According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Fauxbar Lite is 1.8.1, updated on 2019-06-13.
735 users have installed this extension.
33 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
An alternative to Chrome's Omnibox.
Fauxbar Lite brings classic Firefox's Awesome Bar functionality to Google Chrome:
• Quickly find the history page, tab, or bookmark you're after
• Results are ranked using Mozilla's frecency algorithm, just like Firefox
To use Fauxbar Lite, either focus Chrome's Omnibox and press F+Spacebar, or click the orange Fauxbar icon beside Chrome's Omnibox.
What's the difference between Fauxbar and Fauxbar Lite? -- Fauxbar replaces Chrome's New Tab page; Fauxbar Lite does not.
If you'd like to replace Chrome's New Tab page, please install the original Fauxbar extension instead: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hibkhcnpkakjniplpfblaoikiggkopka
For Fauxbar Lite's source code, please visit https://github.com/ChrisNZL/Fauxbar/
Features include:
Address Box:
• Accurately find your history items, bookmarks, and opened tabs
• Results are ranked using Mozilla's frecency algorithm, just like Firefox
• Full support for mid-word searching and non-alphanumeric characters
• Consistent URL auto-fill / auto-complete
• Intelligent page pre-rendering
• Keyword shortcuts for your favorite websites
• Right-click options such as Add/Edit Bookmark, and Add/Edit Keyword
• Paste & Go
• Search engine keyword shortcuts
• URL blacklist
• Switch to tab functionality
Search Box and search engines:
• Right-click on search fields on your favorite websites to add them as Fauxbar Lite search engines
• Use added search engines with the dedicated Search Box, or hide the Search Box and just use search engines from the Address Box
• Assign keywords to search engines for quick access, or click a menu for a visual list of your search engines
• Suggestions can be displayed as you type your query (suggestions from the selected search engine will be retrieved where available)
• Paste & Search
• Supports OpenSearch detection
Tiles:
• Show tiles for your favorite websites with screenshot thumbnails
• Let Fauxbar choose site tiles for you, or manually choose them yourself
• Click and drag site tiles to rearrange
Other features:
• Omnibox integration: type F+Spacebar to access Fauxbar Lite without leaving the page you're on
• Choose font names, sizes, colors and background image
• Choose the number of results to display at a time
• Comes preset with Google, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo!, and Bing
• Delete a URL from Chrome's history right from Fauxbar Lite without having to open Chrome's History page
• Alter the frecency algorithm's scoring if desired
• More than 60 different configurable options
• Backup, restore, and/or reset Fauxbar Lite's options with ease
Fauxbar is not affiliated with Google, Chrome, Mozilla, Firefox, or the original AwesomeBar.
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Recent changes:
14 June 2019 – v1.8.1
• Fixed a database locking issue that was introduced in Chrome 75.
• Slightly increased Address Box result padding.
• Added info when prompting to add an Address Box result keyword.
• Updated suggested keyboard shortcuts.
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Catherine Prickett
2019-08-09
This is a great app. One tiny problem: sometimes the searches go to the homepage rather than doing a proper search. Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com are particularly bad for this. |
Johnny
2019-05-05
Doesn't really do anything. IF it was on the main screen like Firefox's bar, then it would be useful ! |
Gearoid Murphy
2017-12-29
This extension has enhanced the usability of Chrome significantly. +1 |
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2017-09-30
I'm really liking it! |
Rafael Miranda
2016-06-01
Extensão PERFEITA! A única que aproveita de verdade a Omnibox pesquisando favoritos e histórico! Tem opções, indexação e é super rápido! Achei o que eu queria! |