Make your Firefox searchbox more usefull.

**Bamboo** · 03-17-2008, 12:34 PM

Some of you might not use your search box very often (that little box in the top right of firefox), but once you start using it, it can save you a ton of time. Thing is, there really arn't that many default sites to search from.
But check this out:
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/install.html

Go there, find the sites you use often and want to search, and add it to Firefox.
There are literally more than a thousand out there.
For instance, I search for stuff on Newegg a couple of times a day, but always have to open up newegg, then search. Now, I can just highlight the word and right click, or just type it into the search box, and it opens up in another tab.

The extension add on called SearchLoad Options is also extremely helpful and worth adding to your computer.

Hope this saves you at least 5-6 sec. a day.
Which over the next couple of years adds up to hours that you know owe me.
You will be working your time off in the trenches of what ever FPS you happen to have on your harddrive at the time.

ScratchMonkey · 03-17-2008, 02:57 PM

I don't use it much for alternate sites, but I use it constantly for Google. I'm using Seamonkey from home (the suite version of Firefox) and it has only the URL bar which doubles as the search box.

I believe Google pays Mozilla for each search started from the Firefox search box. So you help to pay for your browser by using the built-in search box.

**birdie_in_Texas** · 03-17-2008, 03:25 PM

i have the "google toolbar" installed in forefox and it is freakin awesome...am not how i did things before..its pop-up blocker is better than any other i have tried to use here at work as well...

**A_Grounded_Pilot** · 03-17-2008, 06:31 PM

I actually got rid of that search box and added Google toolbar, and got rid of all the extra buttons it adds. I'm a huge fan of the way it turns the phrases you type into buttons. Click, and it jumps straight to that word or phrase on the page. Fastest. Search. Ever.

**TheSkudDestroyer** · 03-17-2008, 10:09 PM

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**Bamboo** · 03-17-2008, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSkudDestroyer

Must Have Isohunnnnttt

youtorrent.com and http://scrapetorrent.com/ are even better and great way to find patches and stuff

03-17-2008, 12:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bamboo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC Posts: 3,018	Make your Firefox searchbox more usefull. Some of you might not use your search box very often (that little box in the top right of firefox), but once you start using it, it can save you a ton of time. Thing is, there really arn't that many default sites to search from. But check this out: http://mycroft.mozdev.org/install.html Go there, find the sites you use often and want to search, and add it to Firefox. There are literally more than a thousand out there. For instance, I search for stuff on Newegg a couple of times a day, but always have to open up newegg, then search. Now, I can just highlight the word and right click, or just type it into the search box, and it opens up in another tab. The extension add on called SearchLoad Options is also extremely helpful and worth adding to your computer. Hope this saves you at least 5-6 sec. a day. Which over the next couple of years adds up to hours that you know owe me. You will be working your time off in the trenches of what ever FPS you happen to have on your harddrive at the time. __________________ LINKS 10th Tactical Guard Server Rules and SOP * Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST!* Contact an Admin * Nominate your teammates for a ribbon Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. -Carlos A. Urbizo-

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ScratchMonkey Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Pablo, California Posts: 4,225	Re: Make your Firefox searchbox more usefull. I don't use it much for alternate sites, but I use it constantly for Google. I'm using Seamonkey from home (the suite version of Firefox) and it has only the URL bar which doubles as the search box. I believe Google pays Mozilla for each search started from the Firefox search box. So you help to pay for your browser by using the built-in search box. __________________

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birdie_in_Texas Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: TEXAS..! Age: 39 Posts: 2,506	Re: Make your Firefox searchbox more usefull. i have the "google toolbar" installed in forefox and it is freakin awesome...am not how i did things before..its pop-up blocker is better than any other i have tried to use here at work as well... __________________ Call of Duty - Official Rules, Announcements & SOPs Contact a CoD Admin Here

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A_Grounded_Pilot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago! Age: 25 Posts: 355	Re: Make your Firefox searchbox more usefull. I actually got rid of that search box and added Google toolbar, and got rid of all the extra buttons it adds. I'm a huge fan of the way it turns the phrases you type into buttons. Click, and it jumps straight to that word or phrase on the page. Fastest. Search. Ever. __________________ \|TG-X\| A_Grounded_Pilot 10th Tactical Guard Kicked? Banned? READ THIS FIRST! \| Server Rules and SOP Contact an Admin \| Nominate your teammates for a ribbon

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