Let's cover how you might perform a search without this app. Let's say we want to search for "Final Fantasy XII" in gamestop's site. You would load safari, then type in "www.gamestop.com" and wait. If you're on EDGE, you'll wait a while for gamestop's page to load. When that's done, you can now type "Final Fantasy XII" into the search box. On most pages you'll have to zoom to the search box first because the text is small - so it takes a bit. After this, you now have to wait all over again for your search to load.
With this app, you tap the WebSearch button, tap "gamestop" and enter "Final Fantasy XII". Safari is loaded and the search page is the first thing that is displayed. You only wait once, and you also have much less typing.
The app comes preloaded with several common search engines but you can add/remove/resort on your own using the built in GUI. To add more URLs, just click edit, add, and follow instructions. You will be told to open mobile safari and go to the page you want to search and perform a search for "Asdf". Afterwards, you return to the app, and it will pull the search string out of the Safari history for you. Now you just give the search a name for display, and you have a new search!
With the "Launch Safari" option, the app can be used as a safari icon replacement - just hide safari with customize and move WebSearch into its place.
Here are a couple screenshots of the app:
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