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Inquisitor for Firefox and Internet Explorer (beta)

Inquisitor for Firefox and IE

Today, I’m pleased to share some exciting news about Inquisitor – the pioneering instant search experience that brings instant web search and suggestions to your browser search box. Inquisitor originally had been available exclusively for the Safari browser on Mac OS X, but as of today it is now also available (in beta form) for both Firefox (on Mac and PC) and Internet Explorer 7/8 (on Windows XP and Vista).

These releases are possible thanks singularly to the hard work of the very talented software engineering teams at Yahoo! It’s no easy task to develop and deliver a consistent user experience across three totally different platforms, on a tight schedule to boot. The people who worked on this project – engineers, QA, management – have done a great job and deserve all the credit for pulling this off.

Please note that these releases are considered beta software, so there may be some rough edges. All feedback is welcome and is very helpful to us in the continued refinement of this software.

Thanks!

  • October 22nd, 2008 10:31 pm

14 comments...

Jorge...

I have been waiting for this since I moved to the Mac and stayed loyal to Firefox.

Thanks David!


Philip...

Awesome, I look forward to using it.


Mike...

This is the best fucking thing ever to happen to firefox. I’m going to hide my address bar and just use Inquisitor… something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. Thanks!!!


Phil...

hell yes. i’ve been waiting for that ever since i use inquisitor on my mac (which feels like forever by now). big thumbs up man!


Erik...

I, too, have been waiting for this forever, but I suspect that the Awesome Bar in FF3 has really kind of alleviated the need for Inquisitor. I might try it anyway, but I suspect you’re about 6 months too late for widespread adoption.


Marko...

Its been awhile, atlast Its here! Thank you!


Anders...

it looks really great. Havent tried it before, but when I change something in the preferences it doesnt save it :(

I use firefox 3.0.3 and Ubuntu 8.04

Hope its something you can fix


den...

Good plugin, can you make for free selection “search engine”(add any search engine, for example: yandex.ru )


Will...

Awesome! Now I can use it at work :P

Since I refuse to sign up with Yahoo to add a feature suggestion. Any chance of getting ipv6.google.com as a search engine option? (just treat it like a country).


maxim...

nice! just wish i could list suggestions above website results, like i have the option in safari.


Alex...

Thanks!


Corentin...

also works pretty well on FF3/linux :)

Good job guy, I’ve been using Inquisitor at home for a while and I really love this stuff!


Matías...

Nice!
What about Opera?


gordon...

Kudos to them for keeping the auto suggestions in the Google search too!