TouchSearch 2.1-2 Now Available!
January 24th, 2010
I’m pleased to announce the release of TouchSearch 2.1-2 — this is really a major upgrade for those using 1.3-2. Many things were changed, most notably the look and feel of the widget. Gone is the (admittedly, ugly!) black box background and in is a very sleek semi-transparent background that is more consistent with the look of the built-in desktop widgets:
Also new in this version is the Configure Search Engines interface. This is available from the Widget Options and allows you to create, edit, delete and sort your search engines. Beware though, that the Add Search Engine option is still a bit untested and you may run into a few hiccups while trying to add search engines. Here is the full changelog for those wondering:
- User can now Add, Edit, Delete and Sort search engines
- Widget now features a background with rounded corners and user-selectable opacity
- New integrated help system
- Added WebMD to search engines list
- Numerous bug-fixes and optimizations.
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I like the widget but have one issue. The standard sites (ebay, amazon) are .com and I need .co.uk. There doesn’t seem to be a way to change these defaults.
Hi Paul,
This is a current limitation of TouchSearch. I am planning on releasing a (major — possibly complete rewrite) of TS in the summer. This revision will have the ability to select which country-code you would like to use for each search engine. How it would work is each search engine would have a list of acceptable language codes, and in the options you could select which you’d like to use.