Posts Tagged With: searching
· February 26, 2007 at 8:20 am · Most Wanted
This week, Roman writes in and wants to know of a way to do quicker searching via Firefox and not have to start at the beginning of the document to do it.
In IE, because it doesn’t search as you type, you can highlight a piece of text, and then press ctrl-F and have it search below your selection first, then it gets to the bottom of the page and searches the part of the page before your selection. in firefox, i find that the search as you type feature always starts at the top of the page. Is there a workaround?
For the quick searching that you need, I have found that using Firefox’s quick search would be the best way to go. It isn’t the same as the search that you get with Ctrl+F though. For this one all you need to hit is the / key.
This one will give you the search you need to start where you are on the page. Also after you are done with it, it disappears out of sight. Hope that helps!
Have another feature request or suggestion you’d like to see built into Firefox by default or added by an extension? Let me know about it and I’ll feature it on Firefox Facts and maybe even find you a solution to your problem (if you have one).
· December 27, 2006 at 4:00 am · Firefox Hacks, Firefox Usability
Now having the search box up in the right hand corner of your screen is pretty handy. What if you do not want the wasted space though?
I mean, you could conduct all you searching via the address bar and just get rid of the search bar altogether is you wanted to. Now how can you get this done yourself? Well - over at VertebrateSilence.com, Vili has written a guide on help you do just that.
Firefox quick searches (also known as smart keywords) basically allow you to use the address bar of your browser to search the Internet. There are a few quick searches in your browser as a default: typing in dict vanilla should for example give you the definition of vanilla as found in dictionary.com.
+ Add Quicker Searching to Your Firefox Browser!
Need a few more ways to minimize your toolbar space?
The more of these quick minimizing the toolbar space tips that I find, the smaller Firefox seems to become for me. Having a browser that molds itself to your ever desire though is one of the reasons why Firefox is gaining so much popularity.
· September 26, 2006 at 8:23 am · Firefox Hacks
Sure, you have seen how to create a search plugin before, but have you ever been promised a two minute or less learning curve? The folks over at Digital Inspiration have produced a very handy tutorial giving you everything you need to know about creating a search plugin.
+ Learn How to Create a Search Plugin!
· August 13, 2006 at 6:03 am · Entertainment
Need to search for an image in a hurry? The Search Images With a Single Click Firefox extension allows you to do just that. No more typing in the URL, or going to Google then clicking on the “Images” link. All you need to do is highlight the term that you wish to search for and click “Search Images”. It automatically takes you to Google’s Image search.
[Learn More About Search Images With a Single Click!]
· August 7, 2006 at 5:00 am · Entertainment
Now I will be the first to say that I do not spend a lot of time looking up information on and about celebrities. For those of you who do that sort of thing though, I have a Firefox extension that you can no do without. The Celebrity Search Firefox extension puts all that Hollywood searching power right at your fingertips.
[Learn More About Celebrity Search!]
· July 16, 2006 at 5:00 am · Firefox Usability
Ever wanted to see a Web page before you clicked that link in Google? This extension inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages. This should make your searching just a little faster and maybe even a little better.
[Learn More About GooglePreview!]
· July 13, 2006 at 4:56 am · Firefox Usability
I hate it when I search for something, and then I have to scroll up and down to find what I was looking for once I get on a Web page that has it. For an example, say you were looking through a terms of service agreement for the word cancellation. Well with SearchWP, the words you searched for will provide menu buttons so you can find them a little faster.
[Learn More About SearchWP!]
Next Page »
Mitch Keeler © 2008 - Sitemap | Privacy Policy - Supported by Lockergnome and TagJag
Dedicated Server Hosting provided by FastServers.Net
Go to Top of Page
