For those interested in how adding custom search engines works as a general matter, I encourage you to read my article about my creating one for a DuckDuckGo domain-specific search for Project Gutenberg. I will then demonstrate how to create custom search engine shortcuts for both DuckDuckGo and Brave Search that will allow you to have easy access to their timers regardless of whether you use either DuckDuckGo or Brave Search as a primary search engine. What if we could create custom search engine short cuts for browsers to trigger the timer functionality?īelow, I will first explain how the timer feature works in DuckDuckGo and Brave Search. Moreover, some people who do may want a quick way to trigger the timer. Most people do not use DuckDuckGo or Brave Search as their default search engine. After making this discovery, I had an idea. After a few tests, I found that both DuckDuckGo and Brave Search return interactive timers for certain “Timer” search queries (see DuckDuckGo Timer and Brave Search Timer). The prior existence of Google Timer was news to me, but it inspired me to research whether any other search engines or tools support the same sort of timer functionality that Google killed off. The feature allowed people to type a query such as “5 minute timer” into Google and receive an interactive timer above the search results. We recommend ditching Chrome, but if you must use it, block Topics & FLEDGE w/our extension, which helps protect your privacy holistically in Chrome.Google recently eliminated its “Timer” function built into Google Search (note: see 9/1/22 update below on Google reviving its timer). Google Topics and FLEDGE are more attempts from Google to put lipstick on the privacy-invasion pig. Google's re-targeting method FLEDGE puts ad re-targeting technology directly into the Chrome browser so Google can continue to follow you around the web with creepy ads even after third-party cookies are gone, again without your consent. Google Topics will automatically use your browsing history to infer your interests in topics (e.g., “Child Internet Safety”, “Personal Loans”, etc) & share info about you with advertisers and other 3rd parties without your consent. Google says they're better for privacy, but the simple fact is tracking is tracking, no matter what you call it. NEW: DuckDuckGo's Chrome extension now blocks Google's new tracking method "Topics" and new ad re-targeting method FLEDGE.
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