Monday, December 7, 2009

Using Keywords in Safari

I don't know about you guys, but I love web browsers.  I enjoy picking at their features and customizing a few things.  Lately I've been teetering back and forth between Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and of course, Apple's Safari Browser, and although Chrome has been number one for a while now, I'm going back to Safari slowly but surely.  One feature I thoroughly enjoyed in both Chrome and Firefox was the ability to search directly from the address bar.  This feature is built into Chrome, but Firefox allows you to implement "keywords" so you can make shortcuts for any search engine you wish to use.  I cannot tell you how much faster browsing is when you have these shortcuts, the only way to describe the experience is "magical."

Once I started moving back to Safari, I began to miss the keyword function deeply.  In my opinon, search bars are so yesterday, and so limited.  It's annoying not having every single search you want available, and when it is available, you have to drag your hand to the mouse and use drop-down menus, the process is exhausting!  OK, "exhausting" might be a tad overdramatic, but the point is, why work harder when you don't need to?  Don't worry, there is a solution!  I learned recently that there is a community dedicated to producing plugins for Safari, and one of those very useful plugins is Glims.  Glims adds a lot of functionality, but my favorite feature is the ability to replicate keywords in Safari.  This is where you watch the video...


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