Matt Williams wrote:
> Brian Heinrich wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
> That's what Jay said to Kyle a couple of days ago. If Kyle would put
> half as much effort into coming up with positive things as he puts into
> bashing, think what a power user he would be, and hopefully make us all.
>
>
>
>
Indeed. I certainly agree with that assessment.
Brian
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