Here’s a quick tip on why Firefox is such a great browser. Keywords! Whenever you add a favorite to your Bookmarks you can then add a keyword to make it super easy to re-visit. Here’s an example of one I have to visit Lifehacker.com:
Now all I have to do in order to visit Lifehacker is type lh into the address bar and press enter, Firefox does the rest.
To add a keyword for a bookmark simply right click it and select Properties from the popup menu. You can then enter a keyword like the example above.
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Agreed, this is a great feature (although it’s been around a long time!). It’s so quick to hit Command+L or Control+L to go directly to the address bar, then type your keyword and hit enter. Who needs a mouse?
Larry,
I agree Ctrl-L and then keywords are great. I also have the Google Toolbar installed and pressing Alt-G goes directly to the search box. Ctrl-K will place the mouse cursor in the Firefox search.
~Scott
Is it possible to have a keyword to open a bookmark folder like “open all in tabs”?
congratulations! nice blog
I use keywords for all different kind of things - in combination with urllink addon even more where I use it to look up a selected word in online dictionary for instance (or wikipedia). This because you can use %s in the url which is replaced with what you entered in the address line or (with urllink) what was the selected text, for example: http://dict.leo.org/ende?search=%s
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