DuckDuckGo: Bang VS Automagic Premium

Check out https://duckduckgo.com/bangs you can dump into pretty much any site, Wikipedia, YouTube, Spotify, Google Translate from the DDG search bar if you have a few favorite bangs memorized. You can put the ! anywhere in the query for it to be picked up as well. - Source: Hacker News / 13 days ago

Seriously, I'm surprised at how many devs haven't seen DuckDuckGo's bangs: https://duckduckgo.com/bangs I use them all the time for work. !mdn for MDN, !dnab for .NET, !npm for NPM, !py3 for Python3 docs, !debman for Debian Manpages, !w for Wikipedia, !a for Amazon, !g for Google when you really need it. I'm not affiliated with DDG; I just really, really love it. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I think everyone in the thread knows about "search engines" in Chrome and bookmark keywords in Firefox. The crux of the issue is that there are more than 10,000 bang commands in DDG. Setting up even a popular subset in any given browser is a significant investment. It's fine if it's the browser you use 99% of the time, but for those spanning multiple computers, phones, and other devices, simply using bang... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Where is the place to add personal bangs to DuckDuckGo? I can't find it in https://duckduckgo.com/bangs or https://duckduckgo.com/settings. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Kagi uses the same bangs as duckduckgo (and more), so there should already be 4 different bangs for it https://duckduckgo.com/bangs?q=protondb. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

MacroDroid is the one that's easiest to use, among the powerful ones. Tasker has more power for detailed functions but the interface is hell. Or, if you want free, I always suggest Automagic, from automagic4android.com. It has the best interface and is more powerful than MacroDroid, but the dev gave up on it and decided to give it away. If you try that, you'll have to use version 1.37 (unless you're using android... Source: about 1 year ago

MD has a free version limited to 5 macros, with unobtrusive ads. If you want free, then try Automagic, free from automagic4android.com as abandonware, but you'll have to use version 1.37 if you're using Android 12 or above. Source: about 1 year ago

Automagic is still available from the website, for free. automagic4android.com. If you have android 12 or 13, you will need to get version 1.37, not the latest one. Thanks to goolag. Source: about 1 year ago

One more thing: If you don't use them already, you might look into some automation apps. My top rec. For new users is MacroDroid. It's basically straightforward scripting, and easy to learn. Some people hate the idea of trackers, and MD has quite a few, because the base version is free. Tasker is also scripting but the interface was very badly designed and it's more complex, and seems to have more quirks (like you... Source: over 1 year ago

If it were me, I'd install Automagic (free now from automagic4android.com) and use the overlay feature available in the "Control UI" action, and see if those things are something that can perform functions. You might be able to figure out what app it's from by that. You may have to enable extra permissions for it using ADB in order for that to work, but there are tutorials for that all over the place, and it's... Source: over 1 year ago