Carl’s Blog

By now most people are aware of Firefox Quick Searches (Keyword Searches) are and how to use them. In brief, they are a bookmark that you can access by using a keyword while passing additional information. The standard quick search is to search Google. I have mine assigned to “g“, the obvious one letter abbreviation. When I want to search Google for something, I type CTRL-L to get to the address bar, then type “g my search terms” (no quotes) and hit ENTER. Behind the scenes, Firefox takes my bookmark assigned to that keyword and replaces the string “%s” with whatever is typed after the keyword.

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Like just about every other Firefox user, I have a set of extensions installed to customize my browsing experience. Not all of these extensions are useful for everyone, so I’ll try to detail what each one is good for.

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