[Discuss] Firefox shortcuts

[Adam Parkin]

Sweet, thanks!

Richard Gould wrote:
> 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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>>
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