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I've been using YubNub for years so I can switch on the fly between engines, as users have added virtually every site I might encounter and I can add more as needed.

I'm not sure what's worse, the changes Google has made, or the way they've been blowing off thousands of rational (i.e. not ranting) user complaints about it in their forums.

After becoming frustrated with those changes a few months ago, I started using Dogpile as my primary engine for the search operators (which give me much better results) & simpler interface. Mixing that with Yubnub.org so I can move my search terms between all different engines has been working out really well.

Yeah, but what happens when you want Wikipedia? With YubNub in my Firefox search bar, I just type "wp [enter]" instead.

Google Maps? "gmap"
Google News? "gnews"
Dictionary.com? "define"

I just wish "gimg" got Google Image Search.

Yubnub http://www.yubnub.org/ did it before and better, but still poorly. Obviously this type of thing should run client side and should be truly scriptable. Yubnub gives a taste of the what can be done (try http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=t&urls=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dporsche+http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dporsche+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsearch%2Ftext%3Aporsche) but it's limitations become apparent quickly, the foremost being that you are limited to the command constructs provided by the server. Also, some commands run code from third-party servers which seems a monstrously dangerous idea. The other quality that is lacking is parsing of the returned output. You should be able to do things like query imdb and extract the actors in a movie and pipe them to some other command or process.

Yubnub http://www.yubnub.org/ did it before and better, but still poorly. Obviously this type of thing should run client side and should be truly scriptable. Yubnub gives a taste of the what can be done (try http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=t&urls=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dporsche+http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dporsche+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsearch%2Ftext%3Aporsche) but it's limitations become apparent quickly, the foremost being that you are limited to the command constructs provided by the server. Also, some commands run code from third-party servers which seems a monstrously dangerous idea. The other quality that is lacking is parsing of the returned output. You should be able to do things like query imdb and extract the actors in a movie and pipe them to some other command or process.

They are the closest thing to a command line for the web.

Yubnub is a command line for the web. It rocks.

http://yubnub.org/ is sort of like a command line for the web.

I had a look at the site. What is it that is new and/or interesting in this? I went to the "golden eggs" page, which is supposed to list the most interesting commands. What I see there falls into one of 2 categories:

- a complicated way of executing a normal shell command (di ("Domain (WHOIS) Information using coolwhois.com") seems to do exactly the same as a modern whois, ipinfo-url looks like a a lame version of host, etc.),

or

- it does the same as adding a search engine to your Firefox search bar.

Have I missed something?

This hack converts the Google search field built in to Safari into a YubNub search/"command line" field.

Close Safari. Open this file in a hex editor such as HexEdit, or open it in vi if you know how to use vi: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

after creating backup of the file for just-in-case, replace the ASCII string:
http://.google.com/%25@?q=%25@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

with this ASCII string:
http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%25@

For this hack I used this hint.

You can. See this "To the adventurous: Add YubNub to your Firefox address bar by going to about:config and changing keyword.URL to http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command= You haven't lived until you've turned the address bar into a full-fledged command line."

You can use YubNub directly!

Add YubNub to your Firefox address bar by going to about:config and changing keyword.URL to http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=

Plugin/toolbar info here:
http://www.yubnub.org/documentation/describe_insta llation

You can use YubNub directly!

Add YubNub to your Firefox address bar by going to about:config and changing keyword.URL to http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=

Plugin/toolbar info here:
http://www.yubnub.org/documentation/describe_insta llation

For example, try
pop canada

and

gdp canada

For example, try
pop canada

and

gdp canada

check this page for toolbar, it's already available http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installat ion
I created a cool command called 'cia' quickly. This is for CIA factbook of countries. Most of the countries have two letter abbreviations so 'cia in' will point to India and so on

I haven't looked a lot but I found this one
http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=dotcom
which is really stupid...

Connecting to the website and typing 'dotcom whatever' + Return is far longer than typing whatever in your address bar and validating by Control+Return

Again, your browser can do what the site does, and even better. (for this example, you can even choose between .com, .org, .net with one finger)

T.

Interesting, I just made one for GRC port probing: http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=grcscan

http://yubnub.org/example/tts?args=i+don't+have+an y+speakers+you+insensitive+clod

I just saw this on the page: http://www.yubnub.org/documentation/describe_insta llation/