Shortcut Available for Text Searches Online
August 23, 2013
An article titled SearchClip Searches the Web for Text You Select with a Keystroke on Lifehacker addresses a Windows utility that enables easy search of highlighted text. The utility runs in the background once installed and enables the user to simply select text, hit Ctr+C twice in order to do a web search on the highlighted text. The utility, named SearchClip, sounds like a variant on the Autonomy Kenjin app developed over five years ago. The article explains some specifics of the program,
“You may need to add an exemption to your anti-malware tool for SearchClip to work—it does need to capture keyboard input to work, which can set off your antivirus app’s alarms. If you’re worried, Scott Hanselman was the one who turned us on to this one, and the code is freely available for inspection at GitHub. Also, you need Microsoft’s Visual C++ installed for the tool to work.
The article also states that on the first attempt to use SearchClip a DLL error code may appear. This problem disappeared once the package was installed. This utility seems like a shortcut of a shortcut, since copy and pasting Visit GitHub to try SearchClip out. Most of the responses to the post were critiquing the awkward hand position pictured in the article.
Chelsea Kerwin, August 23, 2013
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