Firefox Facts » searching http://www.firefoxfacts.com best guide to add-ons, themes and tips for Firefox Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:32:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Quicker Searching in Firefox http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2007/02/26/quicker-searching-in-firefox/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2007/02/26/quicker-searching-in-firefox/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:20:26 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2007/02/26/quicker-searching-in-firefox/ 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.

Quick Finder

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!

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2007/02/26/quicker-searching-in-firefox/feed/ 0 Quicker Searching From Firefox http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/12/27/quicker-searching-from-firefox/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/12/27/quicker-searching-from-firefox/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:00:20 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/12/27/quicker-searching-from-firefox/ 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.

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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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/12/27/quicker-searching-from-firefox/feed/ 0 Create a Firefox Search Plugin in 2 Minutes http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/09/26/create-a-firefox-search-plugin-in-2-minutes/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/09/26/create-a-firefox-search-plugin-in-2-minutes/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:23:04 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/09/26/create-a-firefox-search-plugin-in-2-minutes/ 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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/09/26/create-a-firefox-search-plugin-in-2-minutes/feed/ 0 Single Click Image Search http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/13/single-click-image-search/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/13/single-click-image-search/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:03:30 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/13/single-click-image-search/ 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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/13/single-click-image-search/feed/ 0 Celebrity Search http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/07/celebrity-search/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/07/celebrity-search/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:00:51 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/07/celebrity-search/ 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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/08/07/celebrity-search/feed/ 0 GooglePreview http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/16/googlepreview/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/16/googlepreview/#comments Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:00:24 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/16/googlepreview/ 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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/16/googlepreview/feed/ 0 SearchWP http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/13/searchwp/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/13/searchwp/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:56:54 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/13/searchwp/ 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.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/07/13/searchwp/feed/ 0 SearchWith http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/26/searchwith/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/26/searchwith/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:00:20 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/26/searchwith/ We all want a quicker, better and faster way of searching for things. Thankfully there is more than one way to becoming a searching master from within Firefox. Now you have the default search box in the upper right corner, but sometimes that just does not do the job. What if you want to search a term you see on a Web site? That is where SearchWith comes into play.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/26/searchwith/feed/ 0 SlimSearch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/12/slimsearch/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/12/slimsearch/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:27:58 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/12/slimsearch/ Search PluginsThere are a million and one ways to do a search via the Firefox browser. Just like with Jello though, there is always room for one more.

SlimSearch handles quick and simple searches via your right-click menu. After you have installed the extension, all you need to do is highlight what you need to search and select your method of searching. Right now SlimSearch supports: Google, Google Images, Google News, Froogle, Google Local, Google Maps, Google Video, Wikipedia, Internet Movie Database, and Netflix.

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  ]]> http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/12/slimsearch/feed/ 0 Enhanced Bookmark Search http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/09/enhanced-bookmark-search/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/09/enhanced-bookmark-search/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:00:34 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2006/06/09/enhanced-bookmark-search/ firefoxlogo.jpgHow many bookmarks do you have? Do you have so many that finding one is a three hour task you do not want to tackle? Ok, maybe three hours might be a little long, but you get my idea. Some of us have way too many bookmarks and not enough time to find what we are looking for. We need an enhanced bookmark search. Funny enough, I just ran across an extension that has that very name.

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