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August 06, 2004
Cool Tool Friday: Firefox Search Engine Plugins
Having a search field embedded in your browser's toolbar is nothing revolutionary anymore. I mean, come on, it's August 2004 already -- who actually goes to Google to use Google anymore? But extending your browser's search functionality to tons of other searchable sites I think is still pretty cool, and worthy of a Cool Tool Friday quick mention.
If you use Firefox, choose the "Add engines..." item from the search plugins drop-down box, then go crazy installing search plugins. Having tons of search plugins installed saves you from having to actually go to a site before using it. Throughout the day, all those clicks you didn't have do and pages you didn't have to load can really add up, translating into more time working, which, of course, is what we all want, isn't it?
I currently have plugins installed for Amazon, Dictionary.com, eBay, Froogle, Google, a few specialized dictionaries, macosxhints, Macromedia, Slashdot, and my favorite, TinyURL. Anyone have any indispensable search plugins they want to share?
Some additional resources:
- Mike Chamber's Macromedia search plugins
- Jon Udell on how to create these little gems
- The Mozilla search plugin registry
Posted by cantrell at August 6, 2004 12:21 PM | References
Comments
I created a ColdFusion livedocs plugin that I use and is pretty handy. Check out the link.
Posted by: Webmilhouse at August 6, 2004 01:25 PM
I'm more of a "Quick Searches" fan.
In the end, I believe it's the same.
Quick Searches are pretty simple to create, and you can use them with any form that uses GET
Typing something like:
google mySearch (google, built-in)
dict mySearch (dictionary.com built-in)
php mySearch (php manual at php.net)
am mySearch (amazon.com)
takes me to the right place!
Some others I use: amazon.co.uk, msn, yahoo...
Posted by: nuno mira at August 6, 2004 07:59 PM