Catch a Shortwave

Shortwave is an extensible quick-search and shortcut system like Firefox’s Smart Keywords or Safari Stand ’s Quick Search except in the form of a browser-agnostic JavaScript bookmarklet. It’s launching with some universal defaults and can be customized using a simple, specially formatted, self-hosted text file called a Wave (here’s the default wave.txt as an example). Where is this coming from? A number of reoccurring nuisances recently motivated me to create Shortwave: Updating to the Safari 4 Developer Preview disabled Saft and its Shortcuts. Stand still works but I hadn’t configured its Quick Search. Frequently using multiple browsers, I often find myself typing a shortcut or trigger that isn’t recognized by that particular browser. While out and about with the iPhone on the Edge network, the fewer full page requests the better (really the last straw). 24 hour back-scratch So Wednesday night, literal...