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# fuzzyhome <h1 align="center">
<a href="https://fuzzyho.me/">
fuzzyhome
</a>
</h1>
A new-tab page [hosted](https://fuzzyho.me/) on github pages A lightweight new-tab page that lets you very quickly fuzzy find links and navigate to a result.
that lets you fuzzy find links and quickly navigate to the top result.
## Installation ## Installation
On Firefox, unfortunately you can't choose a custom new-tab page, 1. Copy this link: `https://fuzzyho.me/`:
so I opted to use [this addon](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override) 1. Change your homepage in your browser settings.
and choose `https://fuzzyho.me/` as the custom url. 1. Install a browser extension that lets you change your new-tab page url. These have worked fine for me:
- Firefox: [New Tab Override](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override)
- Chrome: [New Tab Redirect](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/new-tab-redirect/icpgjfneehieebagbmdbhnlpiopdcmna)
## Usage ## Usage
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The last space-separated string will be used as the url for your link. The last space-separated string will be used as the url for your link.
### Search ### Fuzzy Find
Search your links by focusing the search bar and typing. Search for a link by typing.
The fuzzy sorting algorithm makes searching very fast, The fuzzy sorting algorithm makes searching very fast,
as you can usually just type the first letter of each word to get to a link (`ihp` to get to `imba home page`, for example). as you can usually just type the first letter of each word to get to a link (`ihp` to get to `imba home page`, for example).
### Navigate ### Navigate
Navigate to the topmost search result by pretting `return`. Navigate to the currently selected search result by pressing `return`.
You can also click on a link to navigate to it.
You can also press the up or down arrow keys to move your selection up and down.
### Search
If there are no matching links, a search will be performed with your query.
The default search engine is Google Search, however you can customize it by clicking the three dots to go to settings,
clicking `config`, and pasting in your search engine url, such as `https://search.brave.com/search?q=`.
Your search query simply gets encoded and pasted to the end of your configured search engine url.
### Hotkeys ### Hotkeys
Hotkey | Action Hotkey | Action
-|- -|-
Return | Navigate to the topmost link, if any. Return | Navigate to the currently selected link, or perform a search if there are no matching links.
Shift + Return | Perform a Google search with search bar text. Up Arrow | Move selection up.
CMD + K | Focus search bar. Down Arrow | Move selection down.
Esc | Blur search bar.
### Tips
## FAQ Fuzzyhome doesn't use an algorithm that attempts to be intelligent about which links it ranks first because
having a more predictable behavior lets you work faster since you know it will do the same thing every single time.
### Why Don't You Use A "Smarter" Algorithm Based On Frecency?
Having one result ranked highest when you expect The search results are first filtered on character order.
another can be really frustrating, If the characters of a given link name are not in the same order as the query, that link will be excluded from the results.
namely because you have to pay attention to the results So if I have a link named `messenger` and I type `mgs`,
instead of just typing the same thing to get the same result `messenger` will be excluded from the results because the `g` does not come before the `s`.
every single time and pressing enter without thinking about it.
The fuzzy search [algorithm](https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy/blob/master/ALGORITHM.md)
What's the solution then? Just rename your links accordingly. prioritizes shorter strings and strings whose words begin with the letters of the query.
This way, it's **your** choice.
With those factors in mind, if you encounter a situation where a certain link you access less often is showing up in search results on top of
For example, I have one link named `mpv` which I've accessed `7` times, a link you access much more often, such as `mpv` showing up on top of a desired link `messenger`,
and one link named `messenger` which I've accessed `106` times. either lengthen `mpv`'s name to something like `_mpv`, or shorten `messenger`'s name to something like `m`.
Under conventional wisdom, typing the query `m` should show
`messenger` at the top of the results because I access it way more With either of these solutions, typing `m` will always result in the desired link showing up first.
often, so it's probably what I want, right? That will be the behavior every single time, regardless of which link you accessed more recently,
what time of day it is, or some other random variable.
No. Instead, I should just rename `mpv` to something else,
such as `_mpv`. Now, typing `m` results in `messenger` showing up first,
and typing `mp` results in `mpv` showing up first.
This is what will happen **every single time**.
It doesn't matter what time of day it is,
how many times I accessed some other link recently,
or any other variable;
I type `m`, press enter, and that's it.

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