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Some will think this is not related to programming but I think it is, because most of the time when I encounter programming issues I search on Google to find solutions or ways to do what I plan to do before I start writing it from scratch. Let's face it, we all copy pasters...
I don't like to remove my hands from the keyboard. Google had a feature after you submit a query and press Tab it will start navigating within the search results. Most likely because they had a tabindex attribute which was was removed.
Does anyone know why sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't? I'm starting to think I should create a Chrome app that will add the tab index to the results, but I don't want to do it before I am 100% sure this feature was removed.
As of 2017-07-31, Google removed this feature entirely from search.
I created the open source Web Search Navigator extension to fix this and add extra features (like configurable keyboard shortcuts).
See installation instructions.
Hope you find it useful, but in any case - feedback is welcome!
Finally I manage to figure it out!!!
if you are using google search settings in Hebrew this awesome feature is not available, so I changed the search settings to english and it works great!
https://www.google.com/preferences
small update thanks #Sanook it looks like the instant results also need to be enabled, I checked it several times and seems that lang should be defined as English and instant results need to be enabled.
2017-07-31 update
It looks like now google abandoned the instant results feature which is causing the whole search navigation via keyboard to be unsupported.
I posted in their forum and hope it will comeback sometime...
search-forum
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-search-keyboard-sh/iobmefdldoplhmonnnkchglfdeepnfhd/reviews
Chrome plugin which emulates what Google Instant results used to do. TABing between results is back :-)
There is also a Chrome Extension called RESULTER, which does not solve the exact problem described in the question, but provides good search results navigation anyway.
You can download it from Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/resulter-shortcuts-for-se/chojfhfgbdaeokblbdeahgbijodikdpk
Official website: https://getresulter.com
The down arrow works for me. Pressing the down arrow once moves focus to the first result then again will continue through the results.
Tab will gradually cycle through items on the page: Google logo, search box, menu items then eventually to the search results.
Chrome Version 51.0.2704.103 (64-bit)
OSX 10.5.5
Macbook Pro
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Recently I have been having a problem. I started learning a new language a couple of Month ago (Swedish) and decided to set some stuff up in Swedish. I cant remember what settings I changed to Swedish but I changed a few settings in Google and chrome on my android phone to set the language to Swedish for language learning. But recently I decided to change everything back to English.
The problem I am having is that even though I have now set every single Google setting I can think of back to English including G+, chrome settings, clearing caches, chrome settings (desktop+android) and also Google settings in android, for some reason the default language on web-pages is still Swedish even if I'm not logged in, and even if I change the website language manually by going to the bottom of the page when I come back later it will be back to Swedish. Also all CAPTCHA e.g. "I am not a robot" etc are in Swedish and many Google apps and web-pages are as well even if I am signed in such as the Chrome app store.None of my settings now include Swedish as a secondary language and yet websites still display in it. I tried to look further by using the website validator.w3.org/i18n-checker/. This shows me that Accept-Language: sv-SE,sv;q=0.9,en-GB;q=0.8,en;q=0.7 basically that Swedish language is preferred, why?
Tried:
Changing all Google language settings to English
Changing Chrome settings to English
Setting Android settings to English
Reinstalling Chrome
Clearing Cache & Cookies
This problem is legitimately melting my brain at this point as it affects my experience on multiple devices and sometimes websites don't have manual language selection, this is why I suspect it is to do with Google settings or locales but I have changed all settings I could find to do with language.And no, the "Quick Language Switcher" app doesn't do anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
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My Problem Shown On Chrome Store (I blanked my mail address)
Chrome Language Settings
Google Account Settings
(also I'm sorry if I have tagged this wrong - I'm not sure which ones to use)
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how to hide chrome extension apps in "chrome://extensions/"?
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Basically this question for chrome,
"How to create hidden Firefox Extension?".
Thanks
First off, it sounds like you're trying to build malware. If that's not the case, I'd suggest you clarify your intent.
However, it sounds like the closest thing to what you're looking for is Chrome's "Enterprise Policy" system. It's meant for use by large organizations to centrally manage hundreds of Chrome installations remotely, but it's also popular among malware developers (for the same reason). Your extension won't be "hidden," since Chrome doesn't allow for hidden extensions, but the user won't be able to uninstall it through chrome://extensions.
I've never worked with it before, so I can't give much more detail, but here's a link to a Google page that explains it a bit.
Again, you should really reconsider whatever it is that you're doing. If you need your code to be invisible to its user, you're probably doing something you shouldn't be.
Make a chrome app instead of an extension. It will appear in the apps window but not in the extensions window. I don't know of any other way. Chrome is fairly locked down.
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If I have an html file on a web server without any links in it and without any links pointing to it anywhere, will Google be able to see it? Will Google be able to promote it?
Generally, Google and other search engines find new pages to add to their indices by following links from one web page to another.
Some search engines, including Bing and Google, also allow webmasters to submit URLs directly, meaning that your site may get indexed even if there are no links pointing to it from the “outside world”. (Links like these are called “inbound links” in the trade.)
Short answer: No, probably.
Longer answer: For the most part, search engines like Google work by following links around, not by guessing what URLs are on your server. As long as the HTML file isn't a well-known name like "index" or "home" or another value used as a default index page by web servers, then it's unlikely to be included in a search index. (disclaimer: I don't work for Google and search algorithms are proprietary, so they may actually have some URL-guessing going on)
However, if you're relying on that behavior to protect something you don't want to be seen until you're ready to promote it, your gonna have a bad time. History is full of examples of companies that decided to "hide" a URL that it wasn't ready to promote, only to be foiled by someone editing the URL string in their browser to troll for hidden content.
In general, if you really have not links to it, the answer is NO. HTTP has no command for getting directory listing. (Well, I don't discussing the possibility of google spying via chrome browser). I you DON'T WANT google to see it, you can put it into a directory declared as forbidden in robots.txt to be 100% sure, and make sure that you server is set up not to give a directory index. If you WANT google to scan it, the only way to get it is to post a link to it somewhere.
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I spent a good amount of time looking but couldn't find an answer. Probably not using the right terms to search which is not helping. This is what I want to do: 1. I open a browser (specifically interested for IE8 if somebody wants to know). 2. I type 'Game', and nothing else, in the Address bar and hit Enter. 3. HTML file Game.html, which is present on my desktop, opens in my browser. Can this be done? If yes, how?
I have a feeling offering a heavy shell-driven-with-registry-manipulation is perhaps more than you'd like to chew (I could be wrong, you might delight in C++...).
So here's a fairly straight-forward method using the venerable .url in a Favorites folder:
game.url
[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=url
[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
Prop3=19,11
[InternetShortcut]
URL=file:\\\C:\path\to\game.html
IDList=
ShowCommand=3
IconIndex=1
IconFile=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\url.dll
HotKey=1601
[MonitoredItem]
PreviewSize=320x240
IsLivePreview=false
Save that with the given filename into:
C:\Users\[username]\Favorites\Links
And then type into the address bar and game.url should show up in the list below, under Favorites. I know, not quite what you are after. It's close and easy, and (bonus!) I believe you can specify a hotkey in the .url file and simply hotkey to open (if that floats your boat). I couldn't find a great reference to the .url filetype resource syntax, but there is (Legacy) Internet Shortcuts.
From here it gets trickier. That may involve creating a shell verb (think Open and Edit from the context menu), or maybe setting up a protocol handler (?) or a customer search term. It may look like a simple "address" bar, but especially in Internet Explorer, it handles all kinds of input, so it's a bit of a loaded question saying you want to enter term and get file without navigating all of that.
Chrome, however, would perhaps be a bit easier to manipulate with content scripts, so I'd look there first.
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The reason for asking this question is to get a good idea about how best to present an open source project for my own projects. How can one best make a project attractive to potential new users and/or developers? Clearly projects vary in nature and scope so when answering it may be necessary to qualify any suggestions which are contingent on these factors.
It would also be interesting to see some good examples of the best presented projects out there!
Here are some things that I look for on the landing page of an open source project, in approximate order of priority
Elevator pitch: what does this software do
Download link for the latest version
Latest news; what's new in new versions
Documentation link
Link to discussion boards/mailing lists/bug tracker; how to talk about it and report problems
Link to the source code/revision control system
Explain what it does, probably also by explaining the problem it solves. If you can do that in big type (somewhere between the size of a Stack Overflow question heading and the text of the actual question) in 2-3 sentences, so much the better, you can link to the "learn more" page where you do the deep dive.
Make it very easy to download a copy and get started. (A big "download now" link is good. MoFo did this very well with the Get Firefox site and that pattern has spread appropriately. If it's a package install e.g. a Ruby gem, spell out the steps.)
Show where people can go to ask questions, and/or the documentation. You do have documentation, right? (Or you're working on it?)
Beyond that, link to the necessary stuff: code repository for those who want to browse, a more detailed "about" page (that might be part of the documentation), list of contributors (might also be part of the documentation) but the big part is to answer Why and How as succinctly as you can.
Basically, that's the story. Your first page is the first slide or two of your presentation.
For new/potential users:
Overview or outline of what it does (the pitch)
Screenshots or examples of some core features
I think the majority of your returning visits will be from developers using your project; think of what you as a developer might need:
Clearly visible link to download latest build or source
Link to your SCM repository & how to contribute
Link to API docs
Link to issue tracker
Users of your project are interested in this things, in order of purely subjective importance:
Downloading your apps
Knowing what your apps does (project descriptions, screenshots)
Get Help and Documentation
How to report bugs
How to get access to the source and to contribute
How I would do it is to have a huge download link in the first page, with a short description of what your program is (max. 1-2 paragraph). Then there should be a link in obvious place longer description; forum/mailing list and documentations; and how to contribute and to report bugs.
Rationale
Why download links first instead of project description first?
Your user likely come from two sources:
articles referring your project, or your project announcement forums
search engine
In both cases, it is very likely they already have an idea of what your project is about before landing on your page. In the first case, they have read the article; while in the second case, they are searching for a tool similar to your project.
However, for the second case, it is likely that they are still not sure that your project really are what they are looking for; that is why you add a brief project description on the side of the download link. This is to ensure them your project is/is not what they are looking for.
Why "Help and Doc", "Bug Report", then "Contribute"?
That's the order that user will do when they have problems with your program. First, they will look at the help and documentations, then maybe ask a few people in the forums; failing that, now they will file a bug report or feature requests; then if nobody took interest on the bug report/feature request, some will then have have the willingness to contribute.
You can get ideas from:
Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/
Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/
Sourceforge: http://www.sourceforge.net/
Google Code: http://code.google.com