[Discuss] Firefox shortcuts

[Richard Gould]

Hi Adam,

Yes, infact it even supports a basic substitution mechanism too. If
you bookmark a page, and then open its properties in the bookmark
editor, there is a "keyword" field which corresponds to the keyword
that can be entered in the location bar.

If you insert %s somewhere in the URL, it inserts the text on the
location bar (minus the keyword) into that position.

As an example, I have one for Wikipedia:

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
Keyword: wp

So "wp linux" translates to
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=linux"

Here is a full article on the topic:
http://lifehacker.com/software/bookmarks/hack-attack-firefox-and-the-art-of-keyword-bookmarking-196779.php

Cheers,

Richard

On 8/7/07, Adam Parkin <pzelnip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, is there a way in Firefox you can set up aliases for websites?
> Like what I want to be able to do is in the address bar type something
> like "gread", and have it take me to "www.google.ca/reader".
>
> This is kinda similar to editing a hosts file by hand, but I want to be
> able to do shortcuts to full URL's, not just top-level domains.
>
> Thanks,
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