Matt Williams wrote:
> alpha wrote:
>
>> [This followup was posted to netscape.public.mozilla.general and a
>> copy was sent to the cited author.]
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>>> On 03/21/2002 12:28 PM, alpha wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sometime ago there was a url to a mozilla project that would let you
>>>> add search engines to the sidebar.
>>>>
>>>> I have lost the url to this site could a helping hand please please
>>>> post that url again!.
>>>>
>>> http://mycroft.mozdev.org/
>>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for helping me out.
>> But why so few links that can be added to sidebare. ?
>>
>> Liste time I did visit this site it had lots of search engines to add.
>>
>
> *Believe it or not, this very good Search Engine solution is courtesy of
> Kyle Bundy, and has been commended by Jay Garcia.*
>
>> Okay, this is how to make your address search for you without the
>> spyware. Once you master it, you will love searching this way, and it
>> is very easy. It works with 6.2 and recent Mozilla builds. There might
>> be an easy tweak for this in Mozilla but I know this will work for sure.
>>
>> I will use google for my example.
>>
>> 1) Go to www.google.com and type in one search word ( I used bundy )
>> it sends you to this page in Mozilla
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=bundy
>>
>> Now replace the word bundy with %s
>>
>> It should show like this now
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%s
>>
>> highlight the address using your mouse, and ctrl-c to copy it or
>> Edit/Copy from the menu.
>>
>> 2) Open Bookmarks/Manage Bookmarks: Open a new folder and name it what
>> you want but I name mine Search Bookmarks.
>>
>> 3) Then highlight the new folder you made, then File / New Bookmark
>> from the menu
>>
>> 4) Then for name, I use Google Search ( you can call it what you
>> want), then for url it is
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%s
>>
>>
>> which you should of copied. Use paste to put it in.
>>
>> 5)Now hit ok then highlight the new bookmark you made and right click,
>> go to properities and will show a shortcut box. Use the letter g for
>> the shortcut. Description not important. Exit the Edit bookmarks.
>>
>> 6) now the fun.
>> Go type in your address bar g keyword like g netscape
>>
>> Guess what, it takes you right to google with the serach word
>> netscape!!! Easy to do without going through AOL/netscape crap!!!!
>> The possibilites are endless here are some more examples. You can put
>> 100's of shortcuts searches right on your address bar!
>>
>> Altavista
>> http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?text=yes&q=%s
>> shortcut av
>> address bar: av keyword
>>
>> Yahoo
>> http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=%s
>> shortcut y
>> address bar: y keyword
>>
>> Internet Movie Data Base
>> http://www.imdb.com/Tsearch?%s
>> shortcut movie
>> address bar: movie keyword
>>
>> The %s is a wild card for your search word. Use as many as you wish
>>
>> g i hate netscape and gecko
>> will search google for all those words just like entering them in the
>> site!!!
>>
>> DMOZ
>> http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=%s
>> shortcut: dmoz
>> Address bar: dmoz keyword
>>
>> I got a dozen set up now on Netscape.
>> Makes life for me easy.
>>
>>
>> You can also just do a ctrl-d on any search engine search then go back
>> and edit the url saved by removing the search term and adding %s in
>> its place then slapping a shortcut on to it.
>>
>> Anyhow, I hope this helps.
>> I still think Netscape sucks compared to IE but hey, this might help
>> you all out just a little.
>>
>> --
>> Kyle
>>
>
Y'know, that's actually pretty clever. Except for the 'should of' and
the little bit of Netscape bashing at the end, you'd never have thought
it could've been Bundy.
Brian
--
Westron wind, when will thou blow?
The small rain down can rain:
Christ, if my love were in my arms
And I in my bed again!
-- Anonymous lyric, early 16th c.
