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Rewrite of the HTL *about* page 

The *about* page should only address higher-level issues that are important to
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Signed-off-by: 's avatarMarkus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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<h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>
<h1>About <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">searx</a></h1>
<p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>, aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a> while not storing information about its users.
</p>
<h2>Why use searx?</h2>
<ul>
<li>searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you</li>
<li>searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you</li>
<li>searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it better. See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe
in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it on your own server</p>
<p>
Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
aggregating the results of other <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a>
while not storing information about its users.
</p>
<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
<p>More about searx ...</p>
<p>Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.<br />
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception, searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.<br />
Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default search engine.
</p>
<h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
<p>Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">code</a> and run it yourself! <br />Add your Searx to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}">list</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer!
<br />The more decentralized the Internet is, the more freedom we have!</p>
<h2>More about searx</h2>
<ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Searx_engine">twitter</a></li>
<li>IRC: #searx @ freenode (<a href="https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.com/searx">webclient</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/searx/">transifex</a></li>
</ul>
<hr />
<h2 id="faq">FAQ</h2>
<h3>How to add to firefox?</h3>
<p><a href="#" onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '{{ url_for('opensearch') }}');">Install</a> searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)</p>
<h2 id="dev_faq">Developer FAQ</h2>
<h3>New engines?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Edit your <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/blob/master/searx/settings.yml">settings.yml</a></li>
<li>Create your custom engine module, check the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/blob/master/examples/basic_engine.py">example engine</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Don't forget to restart searx after config edit!</p>
<h3>Installation/WSGI support?</h3>
<p>See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}/admin/installation.html#uwsgi">installation and uwsgi setup</a></p>
<h3>How to debug engines?</h3>
<p><a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.</p>
</ul>
<hr />
<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
<p>
Searx is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
inspired by the <a href="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
on every browser (except chrome*). Therefore they show up in neither our
logs, nor your url history. In case of Chrome* users there is an exception,
searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests.
Searx can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
the default search engine.
</p>
<h2>Why use searx?</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Searx may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't
generate a profile about you.
</li>
<li>
Searx doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a
third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
</li>
<li>
Searx is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it
better. See more on <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">github</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
believe in digital freedom, make searx your default search engine or run it
on your own server
</p>
<h2 id='add to browser'>Can it be set as the default search engine?</h2>
<dt>Firefox</dt>
<dd>
<a href="#" onclick="window.external.AddSearchProvider(window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + '{{ url_for('opensearch') }}');">Install</a>
searx as a search engine on any version of Firefox! (javascript required)
</dd>
<h2>How to debug engines?</h2>
<p>
<a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">Stats page</a> contains some useful data about the engines used.
</p>
<h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
<p>
Searx appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
code from the <a href="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx">orgin searx projekct</a> and
run it yourself!
</p>
<p>
Add your searx instance to this <a href="{{ brand.PUBLIC_INSTANCES }}"> list
of public searx instances</a> to help other people reclaim their privacy and
make the Internet freer! The more decentralized the Internet is, the more
freedom we have!
</p>
<h2>Where are the docs & code of this instance?</h2>
<p>
See the <a href="{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}">{{ brand.DOCS_URL }}</a>
and <a href="{{ brand.GIT_URL }}">{{ brand.GIT_URL }}</a>
</p>
</div>
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