Inquisitor for iPhone Now Available

MacRumors · Mar 9, 2009

Inquisitor, the popular Safari search plug-in, is now available as a standalone application for the iPhone [App Store, Free]. According to developer David Watanabe, Inquisitor's background as a sleek and simple application providing easy access to uncluttered search results translates well to the iPhone.

Inquisitor has always been about speed and simple design. Instant search suggestions attempt to complete your thoughts and save you from the keyboard. Results are designed to be easily read on the iPhone screen, so there’s no need to hunt and peck. A built-in web browser means you can flip between search results and web pages with a single tap. There’s even an extended abstract preview that hovers over webpages while they’re loading, so you’re never left staring at a blank screen. On top of it all, Inquisitor remembers your history and personalizes the experience to you.

Yahoo! acquired the rights to Inquisitor in May 2008, although Watanabe remains the lead developer on the project and not an employee of the company. The partnership has led to the launch of Inquisitor plug-ins for [url="http://www.newsfirex.com/blog/?p=236]Firefox and Internet Explorer[/url], and now a standalone iPhone application.

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Doju · Mar 9, 2009

That's pretty cool, but I doubt I'll download.

ntrigue · Mar 9, 2009

Must have application. It just renders the searched pages better than Mobile Safari....

okrelayer · Mar 9, 2009

hopefully they update their flagship inquisitor (for safari) to work within safari 4

wfuggle · Mar 9, 2009

Where available?

Not available on UK itunes store. (On searching and when click link in article)

Saladinos · Mar 9, 2009

I think Inq. would have been a great buy for Apple. They could have redesigned it to look like the spotlight dropdown and shipped it inside Safari and included it on the iPhone.

Of course, there's probably little stopping them just copying it now.

neiltc13 · Mar 9, 2009

I bet whoever organised that deal at Yahoo! is kicking themselves now that Safari comes with the functionality built in.

jeffh · Mar 9, 2009

neiltc13 said:
I bet whoever organised that deal at Yahoo! is kicking themselves now that Safari comes with the functionality built in.

It's not even close to Inquisitor...at least, not yet anyway...

IgnatiusTheKing · Mar 9, 2009

I downloaded this app the other day and think it's great. If they could just cheat like Google did and add voice search, I would delete the Google app.

creator2456 · Mar 10, 2009

okrelayer said:
hopefully they update their flagship inquisitor (for safari) to work within safari 4

I have been checking the site every couple days to see if this has been done. Been disappointed every time, but not enough to revert back to Safari 3. I may have to give Glims a try.

toxikos · Mar 10, 2009

Not available to UK Itunes AppStore

Thoros · Mar 10, 2009

Same for the Belgian store: not available. I don't quite get why apps aren't approved at the same time for every market. This just seems like a lot of extra paperwork. And it's quite inconvenient too!

wolfshades · Mar 10, 2009

Same for the Canadian store. I don't get it. It's a free app, so you would think there would be no copyright or marketing issues.

IgnatiusTheKing · Mar 10, 2009

Perhaps the current version is only set up to search Yahoo's US site, so they aren't releasing it in other countries until it can search the international sites.

optophobia · Mar 10, 2009

wolfshades said:
Same for the Canadian store. I don't get it. It's a free app, so you would think there would be no copyright or marketing issues.

Well move to the USA then.

diemos · Mar 10, 2009

I think new Safari revision should be out, since inquisitor actually loads pages faster.

wolfshades · Mar 10, 2009

optophobia said:
Well move to the USA then.

Such an intelligent idea. Wish I'd thought of it.

longdogs · Mar 10, 2009

IgnatiusTheKing said:
Perhaps the current version is only set up to search Yahoo's US site, so they aren't releasing it in other countries until it can search the international sites.

Nope, you can already select other countries in Settings.

IgnatiusTheKing · Mar 10, 2009

longdogs said:
Nope, you can already select other countries in Settings.

Well then I have no idea.

inkhead · Mar 11, 2009

The guy who makes inquisitor is a grade A scam artist. He recently went to Yahoo who purchased his software.

For the record he ran a "lifetime" acquisition special, which I and thousands purchased, then went back on his word trying to charge us all for the update.

He takes open-source software and sells it violating the GPL.

He's cocky and rude to everyone, and Yahoo regrets buying him.

chimerical · Mar 11, 2009

creator2456 said:
I have been checking the site every couple days to see if this has been done. Been disappointed every time, but not enough to revert back to Safari 3. I may have to give Glims a try.

Well, Safari 4 is still in beta. That'd be a beta plugin over a beta, which I guess maybe not everyone would want to release publicly right away.

SnowLeopard2008 · Mar 11, 2009

Doesn't Safari 4 have something like Inquisitor? Like it drops down a menu when you search for stuff?

IgnatiusTheKing · Mar 12, 2009

SnowLeopard2008 said:
Doesn't Safari 4 have something like Inquisitor? Like it drops down a menu when you search for stuff?

It does, and I actually like it better because it works (well) with Google. I installed Inquisitor on my work computer and was dissatisfied with the way it handled Google being the main search engine.

The iPhone app is great, though, despite the fact that it uses Yahoo. I expect to see similar functionality from Google in the near future.

tweaks · Mar 14, 2009

Would love to see a option other than yahoo.

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