Posts Tagged ‘search’

Compare Google Search Suggestions

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Ever wonder what items would be similar if you search the phrases “what do men” and “what do women” in Google? Check out this website where you can type two search phrases and see which items are similar and which are different. Pretty neat!

Web Seer

Cool Extension KwiClick Gives In-Tab Search Results

In this case, we highlighted the Metropolitan Museum of Art address and a small map of the Upper East Side of Manhattan appeared. This would be a great tool if just for that but there’s more. See Google, Bing, Amazon, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook (and more) results without leaving the page you’re on. KwiClick integrates with FireGestures and is completely configurable. For a description of additional features, see the links below.

KwiClick v2.4.1 extension from Firefox Add-ons

KwiClick Home

Search for Software and Programming Manuals Online

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Just got a copy of Macromedia Dreamweaver or Adobe Photoshop? Or maybe you want to learn how to code in Java or PHP? Whatever the case, check out Manuals Search Engine, a custom Google search engine that lets you quickly search through thousands of software, programming, and tech manuals online.

Manuals Search Engine

Automatically Change The Size Of The Firefox Searchbox

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The Searchbar Autosizer changes the size of the searchbar based on the length of the query, a predefined length or by keeping it the same size all the time. Very handy if long searches needed to be seem in their entirety. You can also set minimum and maximum pixels. 5 star rating review at the add-ons page.

Searchbar Autosizer homepage @ MozDev

Install Searchbar Autosizer v1.4.5 @ Firefox Add-ons

Find What You Are Looking for Fast using Windows Grep

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grep originally was a command line utility used to search for text in files on UNIX. It’s also a popular search utility on Linux. And now you can use this powerful tool in Windows! Windows Grep is a simple to use text search utility that lets you search multiple files at once using regular expressions.

Search Multiple Text Files

Make the Firefox Find Box Remember Your Ctrl+F Searches

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Do you use the Ctrl+F shortcut key combination to find things in a page often? Now you can make Firefox save them.

FindList

Save Firefox Bookmark Searches to Make Dynamic Folders

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Ever wanted a customized folder on your Firefox Bookmarks bar that just shows whatever bookmarks that match your search terms?

Open up the bookmark organizer (Ctrl+Shift+B), do a search through your bookmarks, click Save, give it a name, and then drag the new search bar (at the bottom of the Bookmarks Menu) over to the Bookmarks bar (or wherever else you want it).

Find Stuff on Craigslist the Easier Way

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Want a better way to search for stuff on Craigslist? You might want to take a quick look through Craiglook, an alternate way to find what you’re looking for. They use the RSS feeds from Craigslist to let you search by distance through the classifieds.

Craiglook

Find Awesome Icons that are Just the Right Size

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IconFinder.net not only has a great collection of icons you can sort through, but it lets you drag the sliders to pick exactly the right size for the images you are looking for. You can download them in PNG and sometimes ICO format for use on your PC.

IconFinder

CyberSearch Extension Makes Firefox Awesome Bar 200% More Awesome

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If you want the Firefox Awesome Bar to give you search suggestions, act as a calculator, or add a spell-checker directly in the list without needing to waste time hitting the search results page, the CyberSearch extension is exactly what you need. Hit the download page for way more screenshots.

CyberSearch




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