Comments on: Firefox add-on OpenSearchFox to add any sites search engine http://www.randomn3ss.com/firefox-add-on-opensearchfox-to-add-any-sites-search-engine/ Random thoughts, expressions, complaints. Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Google Chrome browser 1 week later http://www.randomn3ss.com/firefox-add-on-opensearchfox-to-add-any-sites-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-27204 Google Chrome browser 1 week later Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:00:51 +0000 http://www.randomn3ss.com/2007/09/10/firefox-add-on-opensearchfox-to-add-any-sites-search-engine/#comment-27204 [...] What’s not so great about it?  Well first and foremost, Windows only.  As a Mac user, I once again feel like someone put me out in the cold.  Lack of any add-ons that I’ve come to love with Firefox is also missing, but if you were coming from Internet Explorer you wouldn’t know what I’m talking about anyway.  Dedicated search box is something I miss.  Why you ask, since Google answers all questions on it’s own?  Because it simply doesn’t.  I’ve been using a Firefox add-on called OpenSearchFox for more than a year now; it allows you to add a drop down in Firefox to search any site that has search enabled on it.  That means, rather than going to say Netflix and then searching, I can select Netflix from my drop down menu in the search bar and type in my query there.  My other gripe is the lack of a status bar.  I understand how important screen real estate is, but I like it, I’ve been using the status bar for more than 10 years in browsers, I’m used to it.  Lastly, Chrome doesn’t work with all websites yet.  One site that I order digital photos from requires a Java plugin, to upload the photos.  I have the plugin installed in Windows but the browser doesn’t pick it up.  I’m sure small kinks like this will iron themselves out but it’s still an inconvenience. [...] [...] What’s not so great about it?  Well first and foremost, Windows only.  As a Mac user, I once again feel like someone put me out in the cold.  Lack of any add-ons that I’ve come to love with Firefox is also missing, but if you were coming from Internet Explorer you wouldn’t know what I’m talking about anyway.  Dedicated search box is something I miss.  Why you ask, since Google answers all questions on it’s own?  Because it simply doesn’t.  I’ve been using a Firefox add-on called OpenSearchFox for more than a year now; it allows you to add a drop down in Firefox to search any site that has search enabled on it.  That means, rather than going to say Netflix and then searching, I can select Netflix from my drop down menu in the search bar and type in my query there.  My other gripe is the lack of a status bar.  I understand how important screen real estate is, but I like it, I’ve been using the status bar for more than 10 years in browsers, I’m used to it.  Lastly, Chrome doesn’t work with all websites yet.  One site that I order digital photos from requires a Java plugin, to upload the photos.  I have the plugin installed in Windows but the browser doesn’t pick it up.  I’m sure small kinks like this will iron themselves out but it’s still an inconvenience. [...]

]]> By: Justin http://www.randomn3ss.com/firefox-add-on-opensearchfox-to-add-any-sites-search-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-4420 Justin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:16:31 +0000 http://www.randomn3ss.com/2007/09/10/firefox-add-on-opensearchfox-to-add-any-sites-search-engine/#comment-4420 Very cool add on. Just thought I'd share another that I thought you'd like being a photographer as well. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3905 This one will allow you to right click on any photo online and get the EXIF info. (If the picture has it.) I don't know how many times I've looked at a photo and wondered exactly what lens the author used was, when it was taken, what camera etc. More of a camera nerd tool than anything. Very cool add on. Just thought I’d share another that I thought you’d like being a photographer as well.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3905

This one will allow you to right click on any photo online and get the EXIF info. (If the picture has it.) I don’t know how many times I’ve looked at a photo and wondered exactly what lens the author used was, when it was taken, what camera etc. More of a camera nerd tool than anything.

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