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charlesTop 5 Keyword Shortcuts
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Cut Out the Middle Man
In the Firefox browser there's a nifty feature that I've been utilising more and more of late [other browsers may implement this also]. Keyword shortcuts for bookmarks are a great way to 'cut out the middle man' when using text boxes on sites.
When you right click in a search box, for instance, an option will come up: Add a keyword for this search. What this enables you to do is use your address bar as any page's search box.
Instead of visiting Google.com to do a search, you can create a bookmark to the search box with the keyword 'search'. Now all you have to type in your address bar is 'search whateveriwanttosearchfor'. Get it?
But why only use it for searches? Here are my Top 5 uses I have so far...
1. Dictionary.com - use something like 'define' as the keyword.
Now I just ask my address bar, 'define irony'.
2. IMDB.com - I love movies and am constantly confronted with a movie related question. What other movies has Jude Law been in, or who else starred in Casino Royale.
Now I ask, 'imdb jude law' and get his filmography immediately.
3. Wikipedia,com - This is almost indispensable for me.
I use 'wiki anything i need to know right now'.
4. Google Image Search - I write articles and always need an accompanying image for the post. This shortcut saves me searching Google.com and then hitting the Image Tab. Visit Google and then the Image tab and add a keyword to that search box.
I use 'image beyonce'.
5. 30Boxes.com - This one is a new one for me, I recently started organising myself with this online calendar. I like 30Boxes because of the Add Item text box they have for both calendar events and todo's.
Now I use the keyword 'add' and type everything I want to add without visiting my calendar. eg. 'add visit bob at the cafe at 10am tomorrow tag bob'
This adds an event at 10am tomorrow to 'visit bob at the cafe' with the tag 'bob'. Everything is taken care of with 30Boxes' own set of shortcuts.
Are there any other like that that aren't just shortcuts to searches?
Also try: tech for Technorati, discog for Discogs.com; plus ANY site you frequently do searches on.
When you right click in a search box, for instance, an option will come up: Add a keyword for this search. What this enables you to do is use your address bar as any page's search box.
Instead of visiting Google.com to do a search, you can create a bookmark to the search box with the keyword 'search'. Now all you have to type in your address bar is 'search whateveriwanttosearchfor'. Get it?
But why only use it for searches? Here are my Top 5 uses I have so far...
1. Dictionary.com - use something like 'define' as the keyword.
Now I just ask my address bar, 'define irony'.
2. IMDB.com - I love movies and am constantly confronted with a movie related question. What other movies has Jude Law been in, or who else starred in Casino Royale.
Now I ask, 'imdb jude law' and get his filmography immediately.
3. Wikipedia,com - This is almost indispensable for me.
I use 'wiki anything i need to know right now'.
4. Google Image Search - I write articles and always need an accompanying image for the post. This shortcut saves me searching Google.com and then hitting the Image Tab. Visit Google and then the Image tab and add a keyword to that search box.
5. 30Boxes.com - This one is a new one for me, I recently started organising myself with this online calendar. I like 30Boxes because of the Add Item text box they have for both calendar events and todo's.
Now I use the keyword 'add' and type everything I want to add without visiting my calendar. eg. 'add visit bob at the cafe at 10am tomorrow tag bob'
This adds an event at 10am tomorrow to 'visit bob at the cafe' with the tag 'bob'. Everything is taken care of with 30Boxes' own set of shortcuts.
Are there any other like that that aren't just shortcuts to searches?
Also try: tech for Technorati, discog for Discogs.com; plus ANY site you frequently do searches on.
