Haste - A Web Search Utility
Mac Apps
Haste, by
Plastic Software, is a keyboard centric search utility that can access a
wide variety of websites without you having to manually switch to your
browser and type a URL or access a bookmark. You activate the search by
tapping the command key twice. Then you enter the text for the search
criteria and use the arrow keys or a hotkey combo to pick the site where
you want to conduct the search. If you copy something to your clipboard
and immediately invoke Haste, the copied text will automatically be
entered as your search term. Haste comes preconfigured with searches on
a wide variety of sites which you can enable or disable as needed. You
can also create custom searches for any site that allows it (e.g.,
Netflix, AllMusic).
The included sites include:
- Bing
- DuckDuckGo
- Wolfram Alpha
- GitHub
- Amazon
- Wikipedia
- Unsplash
- YouTube
- Mac App Store
- Perplexity AI
- Ecosia
- Apple Maps
- Apple Dictionary
The developers of Haste also have a website where you can download
other searches, including Google, Reddit, Bing and DuckDuckGo searches
with specific criteria, as well as other sites like ebay and Etsy. For
Safari users, there is a Haste extension that will use any selected text
as the search criteria
Haste is free to try for 30 days and then it becomes feature limited unless you elect the $5.99 IAP. You can download it in the Mac App Store.