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You should try Firefox's Smart Keywords for searching directly from the location bar: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords http://support.mozilla.
by dmnd 17y ago
You should try Firefox's Smart Keywords for searching directly from the location bar: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords
Using these, I type "gs <search terms>" for Google. I also have this set up for Wikipedia, Google Maps, Bing Image search, Amazon, etc. It's better than Chrome because you can bypass Google web search when you know there's a domain specific search that's better.
- diN0bot 17y agoyeah---i use this tons for wikipedia searches. i guess this could also be useful for imdb and ocw.
- mhansen 17y agoIn Chrome, you can also use domain specific searches when they're better: start typing the domain name, and when autocomplete matches the domain, press tab, and the location bar becomes a site-specific search. e.g. when I'm searching for guitar tabs: "ul <tab> <search terms>" expands to ultimate-guitar.com to search for guitar tabs "en <tab> <search terms>" expands to en.wikipedia.org to search wikipedia It's great that it automatically picks up search boxes in websites. So this works on any website that you have searched in the past - you don't have to manually set it up.
- dmnd 17y agoWow, thanks for this. That's a great implementation of the same feature. You even get suggestions for your search terms - something Firefox doesn't do unless you use the dedicated search field.