Web Search Pro for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 29, 2024

Web Search Pro from Captain Caveman offers an innovative way of doing Internet searches. The free Firefox extension allows the user to determine beforehand how the search is to be conducted. In essence, it is like instructing the browser where to look. For example, typing a particular topic and telling it to look in Wikipedia will bring you to a specific Wiki page on the topic.

Sadly, there is no Help file to aid the new user. This would have been helpful in explaining the Drag & Drop Zone functionality of the application, which is probably its best feature. It required some fiddling on our part before we finally got the hang of it. This feature allows you to drag highlighted text and drop it into the box of a specific search engine or a group of search engines. This action results in the opening of separate tabs with search results for each search engine.

Web Search Pro presents a novel way of searching the Web, a concept akin to focused searching. You have the option to choose a specific search engine or a multitude of search engines to conduct a search. We found no issues with the installation and uninstallation of the add-on.

What’s new in version 3.0.7

Version 3.0.7 fixed compatibility support tricks for link dragging using QuickDrag, EasyDragToGo, SuperDrag, and DragDeGo.

Web Search Pro for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: March 14, 2012

Latest update: February 29, 2024

Version: 3.0.7

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: Firefox 4.0 - 14.0a1

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Total Downloads: 779

Downloads Last Week: 0

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5/5

1 User Votes

Simply the best!
wyzwykFebruary 28, 2009
Pros
1. Drag & Drop Zones makes Web Search Pro an awesome FF add-on. 2. The extension developer actively works at making this extension better and better.
Cons
None that I can see
Summary
This is one dynamite search tool! While there are a number of useful search extensions for Firefox I think Web Search Pro is , without question, the best of the lot. The innovative Drag & Drop Zones is out of this world. When you start to drag whatever you have highlighted a transparent grid appears. This grid can have 16, 36, or 64 boxes. In these boxes you load search engines. When you drag the selected text and drop it into the box of the search engine you want the result of the search opens in a new tab. This is really cool! The best part however is that you can load groups of search engines into the boxes and when you drop something into a "group box" the results for all the search engines in that group open in separate tabs. IT'S AWESOME! The power of your searches goes up considerably. Web Search Pro is not only convenient but is a major time saver. On my Firefox I have group search boxes for search engines, directories, metasearch, Invisible Web S.E.s, images, maps, medical, sports, news, business, computer stores, hardware reviews, software reviews, shopping, and movie reviews. It's an understatement to say that when my friends saw Web Search Pro in action on my Firefox they were quite impressed. They went bonkers! If you don't have this extension you are really missing out on one of the finest FF add-ons.

Developer’s Description

By Captain Caveman

Surf the Web easily using Firefox.

Search the Web the way you like. Web Search Pro is a new and innovative way to search the Web from Firefox.