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This series of articles is about a subject that is near and dear to
just about every geek’s heart, making Mozilla Firefox just a wee bit
faster and a wee bit more useful. For this part of the series you’re
going to need two files.
Part I of this series deals with keyword searches. A keyword
search allows a firefox user to search a website from their browser’s
url bar. If you, for instance, wanted to search Google for bears (after
you set up the quick search I outline below) it would simply be a matter
of keying up to your url bar and typing g bears and hitting
Enter. Keyword searches are so quick they will proably save you
years of your life. Lifehacker has an amazing article on how to set up
keyword searches, you should really check it out. In case you hate lifehacker or just
love me, I’ll give you a brief tutorial on how to set up your own
keyword searches. This brings us
to the file I had you download at the beginning of this article,
“balloontoablimp’s Keyword Searches.” This file is simply a
compiled list of 13 keyword searches that I’ve already put together in a
handy little package. To install, first, save the file somewhere on your
computer. Then, inside firefox, on the menu bar, click
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks… In the Bookmark Manager
choose File > Import… Inside the Import Wizard
make sure the From File radial button is selected and
click Next>. Then simply locate where you saved the
file and click Open This concludes part I of my firefox optimization
series. Come around next weekish (give or take) for part II: Revenge of
the user.js File!
So what’s in this amazing Keyword
Search package you ask? Well…First is the Google Keyword Search (once
the package is installed) go to your url and type g “whatever you’re
searching for” and a google search will pop up.
The
Remaining twelve keyword searches (and url commands)
are:
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