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In my [review of Google's Customized Search][2] feature the other day I mentioned in passing that it'd be nice to have access to such functionality from the Google search field in Safari's toolbar. Last night I stumbled across a Safari add-on called [Acid Search][1] which allows you to do just that.
Just download and install Acid Search and the next time you restart Safari you'll have a customizable search menu in your toolbar.
Acid Search comes with a whole boatload of predefined search customizations, which it calls "search channels" and allows you to add your own. It's a handy way to switch between searching Google, Technorati, del.icio.us and any other site you want to add. Even better, you can add prefix and suffix terms to your urls. For instance if you'd like to search Google but add the suffix string that [GMBMG][3] adds you can create and search with the normal Google search URL and then add GMBMG's <code>-inurl</code> terms in the suffix field (just make sure you use the URL encoded string).
Acid Search also allows you to assign each custom search channel a keyboard shortcut so it's simple to switch between your various search engines.
If you're aware of similar functionality for Firefox or IE let me know in the comments.
[1]: http://www.pozytron.com/?acidsearch "Acid Search"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/10/google_announce_1.html
[3]: http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ "Give Me Back My Google"
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