From d91a6287a22add7f0e8fa26359d8072e6f84ab04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theo Browne Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:59:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] unduck readme --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bdb01c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# Unduck + +DuckDuckGo's bang redirects are too slow. Add the following URL as a custom search engine to your browser. Enables all of DuckDuckGo's bangs to work, but much faster. + +``` +https://unduck.link?q=%s +``` + +## How is it that much faster? + +DuckDuckGo does their redirects server side. Their DNS is...not always great. Result is that it often takes ages. + +I solved this by doing all of the work client side. Once you've went to https://unduck.link once, the JS is all cache'd and will never need to be downloaded again. Your device does the redirects, not me.