philc / philc/vimium

Use vimium search as early as default browser page search

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Description

When big page opens, vimium won't let you use search /, but default browser (^F) works fine.
Is it possible to so something with it?
Most of the time I need to look for a man page and insta close it, what for I must wait whole page to load.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on a large or slowly loading page, comparing Vimium's / search with the browser's Ctrl+F search. Determine when Vimium becomes available during page loading and define done as allowing the requested search behavior before the whole page finishes loading.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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