Inquisitor from David Watanabe is a plugin for Safari that enhances the search box. From the developer’s blog:
Inquisitor is a pioneering software extension that provides as-you-type instant search directly within the Safari web browser. Inquisitor makes navigating the web fast and effortless by providing instant search results within an unobtrusive pop-down window. It also performs live autocompletion, prioritizes results based on the user’s search history, and gives the user extensive control over their search experience.
In addition to the features described above, you can define your own search engines, a feature also offered by shareware such as Saft. That way you can use Safari’s seach box to search Ebay, Amazon or basically any other website that offers search. This is similar to what Google’s Chrome is offering and seems to illustrate a trend towards making search more of an integrated experience.
Inquisitor relies on InputManager, so there’s no guarantee that it will continue to work with future versions of Safari or Mac OS X.
The rights to the app were acquired by Yahoo! in May 2008, thus Inquisitor uses Yahoo’s Search BOSS platform to do its magic.
To see where a file is located in Spotlight’s search results window, simply select the file and the path where the file is stored will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window (Leopard only). Double-click on any element of the path and a new Finder window will open in that location.
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