Pinpoint Widget

Version 1.0

For Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.1

 

Widget by Frederic Weigand Warr

 

 

 

Find anything! Search the web using any search engine you choose. Search for images, video, audio, news, RSS feeds, encyclopedia articles, word definitions, anything!

 

With 27 built-in search engines, as well as the possibility to easily add, remove, rearrange or edit as many as you want, searching the web from your desktop has never been better!

 

Can also be used to open any web page: always have your favorites at hand!

 

Supports 4 complete language localizations: English, French, Spanish and German!

 

Comes with 4 different skins and is easily resizable for a personalized look that fits anywhere on your desktop!

 

 

Making Donations

 

Many hours of work have gone into building the most versatile, customizable and localizable search widget around. Please consider making a small donation to support the ongoing development of this widget. Donations can be made through PayPal by selecting “Donate please!” from the widget’s context menu, by clicking the donation related link in the widget’s about-box or by clicking Donate! I would be very grateful for any amount! For more information on how to use PayPal, visit their website at http://www.paypal.com .

 

 

Using Pinpoint

 

Pinpoint the information you need

 

Type your search query in the search box and press enter. The search results will be opened in you default web browser. It’s that easy!

 

 

Switching search engines

 

Right-click the widget or otherwise obtain the widget’s context menu and select the search engine you want to use. It’s that easy!

 

 

Deleting a search engine

 

First select the search engine you want to delete, then select “Delete selected search engine”. It’s that easy!

Pinpoint comes with a rather large selection of preloaded search engines. If you don’t need them all it’s easy to delete any of them.

 

 

Adding a new search engine

 

Right-click the widget and select “Add a new search engine”. Fill in the form:

 

  1. Name: The name of the search engine to be displayed in the search box and in the context menu. Each search engine must have a unique name that doesn’t contain the characters “,” or “;”.
  2. URL of search engine results: To obtain this URL, do a search using the search engine you want to add. On the search results page, select the whole URL Address and copy it to the box in the form. Then replace the query you made with the sequence of characters: [?]
  3. Icon: select the icon you wish to be displayed when your search engine is in use.
  4. Order: Select the order at which you want your search engine to appear in the context menu list.

 

 

Editing a search engine

 

First select the search engine you want to edit, then select “Edit selected search engine”. Enter the modifications you wish to make in the form following the guidelines for adding a new search engine.

 

 

Restoring default preferences

 

In case the widget gets out of hand, it is possible to easily restore the default preferences. Right click and select “Restore default preferences”. You will be asked if you also want to restore the original search engine list.

WARNING: selecting YES will delete all added search engines! Selecting NO will restore all other preferences but keep your search engine list intact.

 

 

Resizing and moving the widget

 

Pinpoint can easily be resized much in the same way any window can! Hover your mouse over one of the ends of the widget. When the cursor changes to a hand, you can click and drag to the desired size. Note that there is a minimal size to prevent the widget from disappearing. To move the widget without resizing it click and drag the search engine icon or press Ctrl or Command while dragging the widget.

 

 

Localizations

 

Pinpoint is one of the first widgets to make use of the new localization features of Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.1.

To use Pinpoint in a different language, click the Yahoo! Widget Engine system tray icon and select preferences. Under “Language” select the one you want. Pinpoint currently supports English, French, Spanish and German.

Note that for the language changes to take effect in the Yahoo! Widget Engine you will have to restart the Yahoo! Widget Engine. If you don’t want to restart the whole Widget Engine right away you can simply select “Reload widget” from Pinpoint’s context menu to apply the changes to the Pinpoint widget only.

If you notice any errors in the localizations please contact me. My Spanish isn’t perfect and I don’t know German so some of the translations might not be right although I have tried to make them as good as I can with my limited knowledge.

 

 

Contact Information

 

If you have any problems using pinpoint, or if you would like to make a suggestion, report a bug, give your opinion or correct an error in a localization, please contact me at: fwwarr@hotmail.com

 

 

Additional Search Engine URLs

 

 

Entertainment

 

IMDB                          http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=[?]

 

 

Stores

 

eBay.ca                        http://search.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=[?]

Chapters                      http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search?keywords=[?]

Wal-Mart                     http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_query=[?]

Tiger Direct                  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=[?]

 

Internet

 

Ask.com Web              http://www.ask.com/web?q=[?]

Ask.com Images           http://www.ask.com/pictures?q=[?]

Ask.com News            http://www.ask.com/news?q=[?]