Icon size: I got something decent using a PNG at 24x24 pixels at 72dpi and making the area around the wikipedia logo black.
September 20, 2005 ·
version 1.3 Petra
I really really REALLY love this widget. It's extremely useful, especially because you can modify it to suit your personal needs.
For those who are not good with images, or just don't want to spent time on it: go to any place where there are smileys (emoticons), pick one you like that is approx. the right size, save it on your PC and use it as an icon for your custom search :)
September 16, 2005 ·
version 1.3 Joe
Why I think the usability would be better with the keyboard #1-7 usable as the search engine binding:
You have to type in your search criteria anyway. So I grab the mouse then, aim for the correct icon and click.
It would be way faster just to press a number after typing to start the search.
=)
September 12, 2005 ·
version 1.3 bmh
Nice Widget! It would be nice if the custom icons automatically scaled to the correct size. Also it would be great if the search opened a new browser window rather than taking over the existing one.