Inquisitor (search software)
 | Parts of this article (those related to Yahoo ported it to other browsers, see further reading.) need to be updated. (November 2010) |
 Inquisitor in Safari on Mac OS X | |
| Developer(s) | David Watanabe |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.2 (v61)
/ August 13, 2008 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Browser Search Assistant |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Inquisitor Website |
Inquisitor is a Cocoa plug-in for Mac OS X developed by David Watanabe.
Overview
[edit]Inquisitor replaces the Google search bar in Safari or Camino with a predictive-typing feature that can be used for the Google search engine, as well as other sites like a9.com, IMDb.com or Wikipedia. It is also available as an Ajax-powered web application, for use on browsers other than Safari, including Windows and Linux machines.
Camino
[edit]Inquisitor is only available for Safari as of the release of Inquisitor 3.0 beta 1, due to the small percentage of Camino users using it. The last supported version of Inquisitor for Camino was 2.6.
Mac OS X Leopard
[edit]Some of the developer builds of Mac OS X Leopard removed support for Input Managers, leading to concerns that Inquisitor may not function in Leopard. However, the shipping build of Leopard supports Input Managers when installed with Administrator credentials. On October 28, 2007, Inquisitor 3.0 (v49) was released, with a Leopard compliant installer. Inquisitor now currently supports Safari 3.x and 4.x.
On May 9, 2009, Yahoo! acquired inquisitor.[1]
iPhone
[edit]There is also an iPhone app of Inquisitor. It is available at the App Store for free. It was released on February 9, 2009, for iTunes USA users.[2] The latest version is 1.0, and has not been updated before.
References
[edit]- ^ "Inquisitor Joins the Yahoo! Search Team". Yahoo! Search Blog. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "David Watanabe's DWBlog » Blog Archive » Inquisitor for iPhone launched".
Further reading
[edit]- Yahoo plug-in gives brains to browser search Archived 2009-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Inquisitor for iPhone Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
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