Automatically redirect Bing search results to Google
What is this extension good for? You might ask. Well, in Visual Studio 2019 whenever you use the "Search online" feature, it will automatically use Bing. I couldn't find a way to change it so this is the next best.
Keep in mind this will only redirect to Google whenever a new tab is created, where the new url domain is bing.com and has a search query
I don't have this extension hosted on the Chrome store for now. You'll have to manually install it yourself (Don't worry, there are no viruses. Trust me 😎)
Steps:
- Download the project as ZIP
- Stare into your screen and wait for a 29KB file to download
- Once downloaded, extract the zip file to anywhere you would like
- Open Chrome (or any browser that supports Chrome extensions I suppose)
- You can either navigate to chrome://extensions/, or click ⋮ -> More tools -> Extensions (if you like to take the long way)
- Click "load unpacked"
- A explorer prompt should now open, navigate to the bing-annihilator folder. You need to make sure you select the folder where the manifest.json file is located at
- Click "Select folder"
You're now done! Enjoy your Bing-free experience
I have no idea if it will work on other browsers other than Chrome, so try it on your own risk I suppose.
- Chrome: ✅
- Safari: 🤷♂️
- Edge: 🤷♂️
- Brave: ✅
- Firefox: 🤷♂️
- Opera: 🤷♂️
- Internet Explorer: ❌
I've never made a bug, so this is a surprise. But if you do encounter one, or unwanted behaviour, make a new issue and I'll see what I can do.