Web Search Quickey

Usually, web browsers have integrated search forms and even options in the context menu to help you quickly send a word or a phrase to a search engine. However, not many other types of applications benefit from such a feature.

Web Search Quickey is a simple tool that extends the integrated search capabilities of web browsers, making it possible for you to quickly look up a specific word or a phrase on the Internet.

Delivered inside a lightweight package, this small utility runs silently in the system tray, waiting patiently for your input. It works with any application that allows the copying of plain text, be it word processors and other similar Office programs, browsers, mail clients, help files, PDF readers, database managers, and the list is far from being complete.

Whether you are writing a document, reading your email or browsing a webpage, Web Search Quickey enables you to look up a word or an entire phrase online. Usage is very simple: just make sure the system tray icon is present, select your text piece and then press the user-defined hotkey.

Once you do so, Web Search Quickey opens up the default web browser and uses one of the available search engines (specifically, the one you select in the 'Settings' window) in order to search for the key phrase or word. If the browser is already opened, the search is performed in a new tab.

Web Search Quickey works as expected, and you only have to go through the configuration the first time you use it, so as to select the desired search engine and define the hotkey, in case the you don't like the default one ('Win+S' ). Some of the most popular search engines are available, namely Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, DogPile, DuckDuckGo, Gigablast, and Wikipedia, but you can also define a custom engine for Web Search Quickey to use.

Web Search Quickey makes it possible for you to initiate an online word or phrase search from within any application, just by selecting the input and pressing a hotkey. This saves you both time and effort, since you don't have to navigate to the search engine's main page and manually copy and paste the text piece inside the browser.

For the user's convenience, it would be great to also add a new item in the Windows context menu (or in the application's tray menu) to allow instant searches with Web Search Quickey. Nevertheless, the idea is good and the software is, indeed, promising.