DEVONagent Express
Utility
Solo per Mac
5,99 €
Web search reloaded: DEVONagent Express brings web search directly to your menu bar. Just like Spotlight searches your computer DEVONagent Express searches the web and presents the results directly in its menu. A great selection of top-notch search engines and large tool tips with preview pictures and summaries let you find the right page before you open it in your web browser. You can even query all three major web search engines all at the same time or use pre-fab collections such as a thumbnail gallery search set.
Your search assistant: While the 'express' mode just collects the results the 'agent' mode does a lot more for you in the background. It downloads each page, filters advertisements, error pages as well as pages that don't fit your question, and applies its own ranking. No more Error 404 pages, no more pages that have nothing to do with your search at all.
What DEVONagent Express does for you:
- Let's you search the web as easy as using Spotlight
- Shows convenient summaries and preview pictures
- Filters advertisements and error pages
- Gives you only really relevant results back
- Talks to more than 80 general-purpose and specialized search engines
Perfectly integrated and easy to use:
- Located directly in the menu bar, always there when you need it
- Opens results in your web browser or DEVONagent (if available)
- You already know how to use it
- Accessible by pressing a hotkey
Supported search engines categories:
- General purpose
- Apple- and Mac-related (e.g. App Store, MacUpdate)
- Blogs
- Computer science
- Dictionaries (e.g. Wiktionary)
- Directories
- Educational resources
- Government
- Images and videos (e.g. YouTube, Flickr)
- Legal
- News
- Patents
- References (e.g. Wikipedia)
- Science
- Social networking (e.g. Facebook Profiles, Twitter)
altro This maintenance release includes many updates to plugins and search sets. These include several news outlets, e.g., Reuters, the PubMed site, the Latest Software search set, and even the plugin for our DEVONthink Server edition. Unfortunately, due to underlying changes on some sites, we had to remove some, notably Google-related ones. However, we now use multiple search engines for certain features to help ensure good results. Beyond that, we made many fixes and improvements to make our application more reliable and efficient.
3.11.11 25 mar
This update tackles a major change by Google that was blocking access to its search results. We've also taken the opportunity to refresh the Yahoo! and Web plugins. Additionally, we've introduced a new plugin for the Brave Search engine and also included a few minor fixes and enhancements to improve your experience.
3.11.10 23/01/2025
In this latest release, we've enhanced the filtering and parsing of search results, making it easier to find what you're looking for. In addition, we've fixed a number of problems, including eliminating a bug that could cause crashes during searches. As always, we've worked hard to enhance the overall performance and reliability of the application.
3.11.9 21/11/2024
Today's release adds a new plugin for the Ecosia search engine. For more focused search results with Google and Web plugins, DEVONagent Express uses verbatim searches. Also, it uses even larger browser histories. And we made several fixes and improvements for better performance and reliability.
3.11.8 30/04/2024
Today's maintenance release brings three new plugins: "Neeva", "Caselaw", and "IEEEXplore". For better search results, DEVONagent Express handles filtering advertisements a bit more aggressively. And as always, we made fixes and again increased overall performance and reliability.
3.11.7 02/03/2023
This maintenance release has many under-the-hood technical improvements. Several plugins have been updated, including the JSTOR plugin, and the "Linked Documents" scanner now finds also EPUB and Kindle files. DEVONagent Express also better handles and traverses links in RSS feeds. The release, of course, also improves the overall stability and performance.
3.11.6 26/09/2022
This maintenance release focuses on plugins and search sets. We revised a large number of plugins to restore or improve their capabilities. Some plugins or search sets received new names for clarity. And we have again improved both performance and reliability.
3.11.5 22/07/2021
This release brings many fixes and improvements, including support for Apple Silicon Macs. Lastly, we included many fixes and improvements in performance and reliability.
3.11.4 15/12/2020
This maintenance release improves date parsing while searching and updates two search plugins.
3.11.3 19/12/2019
This maintenance update for DEVONagent Express brings optimizations, fixes, and macOS Catalina compatibility.Some changes made in searching, parsing content, and generating summaries now provide better results. Performance and reliability have been improved with several bug fixes. Lastly, some changes relative to DEVONthink 3 have been made, including support for searching the web sharing of DEVONthink Server 3.
3.11.2 17/10/2019
This maintenance release addresses a sporadic crash some users had when accessing the Preferences panel on macOS Mojave, as well as some visual artifacts in the interface. We have also added support for JSON RSS feeds and improved handling of RSS feeds in general. Overall reliability has been the primary focus of this release.
3.11.1 28/01/2019
This release features fixes, including greater compatibility with macOS Mojave, as well as other improvements. We have reorganized the search sets and updated a number of plugins too.
3.11 14/11/2018
This release adds a new Google Scholar (Case Law) plugin and updates several other plugins and search sets. We've enhanced the support for live streams with the webcam and video scanners too. And as always, we have improved the performance and stability of DEVONagent Express.
3.10 08/02/2018
This maintenance release improves compatibility to Google Chrome bookmarks as well as the overall performance and reliability.
3.9.8 25/08/2017
This maintenance release sends all requests to Google or Bing over a secure connection (https). The built-in search sets "Macintosh News (Latest/More)" have been updated too.
3.9.7 01/06/2017
This maintenance release adds new plugins for the privacy-focused search engine StartPage as well as for searching PDFs with Google. It also better handles dates and refines support for Google Chrome bookmarks.
NOTE: Starting with this release DEVONagent Express requires OS X Mavericks or later.
NEW
- "Google (PDF)" and "StartPage" plugins added.
IMPROVED
- Plugins updated: "DuckDuckGo", "Computer Science > ACM Digital Library", "Medical > PubMed", "References > SEC", "Science > IEEE Xplore", "Social Networking > Twitter".
- Retrieving of dates improved if neither the metadata nor the server returned a date for a result.
- Date of search results doesn't abbreviate the year anymore.
- Date parser improved.
- Better support for Google Chrome bookmarks.
- "Help > Report Bug" provides more information.
- Matching of query terms optimized.
- Better check for updates.
- Better console logging.
- Better overall reliability and performance.
REMOVED
- Obsolete plugins: Blekko, Google Scholar (Legal Opinions & Journals).
3.9.6 10/05/2017
This maintenance release addresses issues related to macOS Sierra. It also adds a new plugin for the Qwant search engine. The update brings workflow enhancements and bug fixes too.
NEW
- Qwant plugin.
CHANGED FOR MACOS SIERRA
- Renamed 'Mac OS X' to 'macOS' in alerts.
IMPROVED
- "Help > Contact us" sends an email via the default email client again.
- "Google Scholar (Articles)" plugin.
- "Marketing" search set.
- Advertisement filter.
- Compatibility to RSS 1.0 feeds.
- "site:domain" operator in primary query terms is now stripped before matching to facilitate searching sites using the Google, Bing, and Web plugins.
- Recognition of dates if neither the server nor the HTML metadata specify a date.
- Compatibility to HTTP proxies.
- Handling of background tasks.
- Checking for updates.
FIXED
- Issue where the position of the menu extra was wrong if the menu bar was automatically hidden.
3.9.5 21/10/2016
This release updates five plugins and four search sets. It better filters links to translation services as well as advertisements. Clearing recent searches empties the system-wide find pasteboard too.
IMPROVED
- ACM Digital Library, Baidu, Facebook, SEC, and Twitter plugins updated.
- Marketing, New Software, Macintosh News (Latest), and Macintosh News (More) search sets updated.
- Clearing recent searches clears the system-wide find pasteboard.
- Handling of HTML refreshs and frames improved; fixes the Baidu plugin too.
- Filtering of links to translation services improved.
- Filtering of advertisements, analytics, and tracking improved.
- Support for XML/JSON plugins using HTTP POSTs improved.
- Handling of background tasks made more reliable.
- Overall reliability and performance improved.
3.9.4 05/03/2016
This release updates two plugins and improves VoiceOver support as well as the overall reliability.
NOTE: Starting with this release DEVONagent Express is 64-bit only and requires OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 or later.
CHANGES FOR OS X EL CAPITAN
- Added support for App Transport Security.
IMPROVED
- Updated plugins: "Computer Science > StackOverflow" and "Legal > EUR-Lex".
- Idle system sleep is disabled while searching.
- VoiceOver support.
- Overall reliability.
REMOVED
- Support for OS X Lion and earlier.
3.9.3 23/11/2015
This release includes updated Twitter, Thumbnail Gallery, Audio, and Video scanners returning better and more accurate results. The update also improves the overall performance and reliability, and fixes bugs.
IMPROVED
- Alignment of menu extra window in case of crowded menu bars.
- "Twitter" and "Thumbnail Gallery" scanners.
- HTML 5 support of "Video" and "Audio" scanners; "Video" scanner recognizes WEBM, 3GPP and 3GP2 videos.
- "Marketing" and New "Software" default search sets extended and updated.
- Advertisement filter.
- Following of links.
- Filtering of links to social bookmarking.
- UTF-32 support.
- HTML-to-text conversion.
- Handling of HTML/HTTP dates.
- Communication with background tasks; more reliable termination of tasks on quit.
- Revised startup alert in case of invalid installation outside of the Applications folder.
- Registration file is now stored in Application Support to avoid conflicts with preferences cleaners.
- Memory management.
- Overall performance and reliability.
- Further minor improvements.
FIXED
- Crash (caused by ShortcutRecorder framework) after changing the system appearance.
3.9.2 08/08/2015
This update now searches Stack Overflow and GitHub. The new version also updates a number of scanners and default search sets and displays snippets (text extract of the found recipe or source code block) directly in the "Search" window.
NEW
- "Stack Overflow" and "GitHub Code Search" plugins.
IMPROVED
- "Thumbnail Galleries" scanner and "Marketing" default search set.
- HTML to plain text conversion.
- Compatibility to invalid BASE URLs of web pages.
- Handling of HTTP forwards.
- Handling of background tasks.
- Error logging to the console.
- Overall performance and reliability.
3.9.1 15/04/2015
This maintenance update enhances a number of plugins and improves the overall performance and reliability. The history of Safari 8.x can be searched again, too.
NEW
- Retina splash screens.
IMPROVED
- History of Safari 8.x is supported and therefore can be searched again.
- All Google plugins use https:// now.
- "References > SEC" plugin updated.
- Default search set "Web (Movies)" updated.
- "Linked Audio/Video Files" scanners now support embedded streams and videos; renamed to "Audio/Video Files".
- Excluding of domains or links ("Preferences > Search") is now 8 to 200 times faster.
- French localization.
- Overall performance and reliability.
FIXED
- Memory leaks in case of extensive lists of filtered links and domains.
- Further minor bugs and glitches.
REMOVED
- Obsolete "Tubes" scanner.
3.9 25/02/2015
This maintenance release brings support for DuckDuckGo and a new preference option to stop a search as soon as you open a result. It also comes with two updated search sets and an updated Facebook Profiles plugin. The update improves the overall reliability and performance and is recommended for all users.
NEW
- "DuckDuckGo plugin".
- New option "Preferences > Menu Extra > General > Cancel search after opening result".
IMPROVED
- Search set "Macintosh News (Latest/More)".
- Search set "Blogs & Usenet" renamed to "Blogs".
- Plugin "Facebook Profiles" updated.
- If the metadata of a search result doesn't include a date, DEVONagent Express tries to retrieve the date from the plain text of the result.
- Better handling of HTML and HTTP dates.
- Termination of (frozen) background tasks, e.g. on quit, is more reliable.
- Overall performance and reliability.
FIXED
- Appearance of menu extra icon in dark menu on OS X Yosemite.
- Opening a result didn't always close the preview popover of the menu extra.
- Issue of the feed parser causing invalid URLs.
3.8.3 15/12/2014
This maintenance update brings important changes for OS X Yosemite. In addition it adds support for Baidu and comes with a number of improved scanners. The update is recommended for all users.
NOTE: Starting with this release OS X 10.7.5 Lion is required.
CHANGES FOR OS X YOSEMITE
- User interface elements adapted to OS X Yosemite.
- Menu extra preview popover fixed.
- Further visual glitches corrected.
NEW
- Baidu plugin.
IMPROVED
- Filtering of links to social media (e.g. retweeting).
- "Twitter ID", "Thumbnail Gallery", "Tube", "Linked Audio/Video", and "Embedded Multimedia" scanners enhanced and more reliable.
- Better parsing of dates.
- Overall performance and reliability.
FIXED
- Opening the panel to enter the license code by right- or ⌃Control-clicking the menu bar icon didn't activate the application.
3.8.2 05/11/2014
This release uses Open Graph to match HTML pages and skips Amazon search results. It comes with an improved MacUpdate plugin and Twitter Accounts scanner. It also fixes an incompatibility to DEVONthink 2.7.6 and a few other issues. The update is recommended for all users.
NEW
- Matching of HTML pages supports Open Graph properties (title and description), too.
IMPROVED
- MacUpdate plugin updated.
- Twitter Accounts scanner is more reliable.
- Amazon search results are skipped while crawling.
- Handling of background tasks is more reliable.
- Overall performance and reliability.
FIXED
- Incompatibility to DEVONthink 2.7.6 causing e.g. delays.
- Description of several search sets still mentioned Exalead.
3.8.1 22/07/2014
This maintenance release includes many updates to plugins and search sets. These include several news outlets, e.g., Reuters, the PubMed site, the Latest Software search set, and even the plugin for our DEVONthink Server edition. Unfortunately, due to underlying changes on some sites, we had to remove some, notably Google-related ones. However, we now use multiple search engines for certain features to help ensure good results. Beyond that, we made many fixes and improvements to make our application more reliable and efficient.
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