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Create a custom Firefox search bar that searches any site or your intranet

Topics:
Web Browsers
Tags:
Internet,
Intranet,
Microsoft Windows,
Microsoft Windows XP,
Mozilla Firefox,
O'Reilly Media Inc.,
Operating Systems,
Software,
Web Browsers
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Overview: Firefox comes with a Google search bar that is installed by default in the browser. However, you can create a similar search bar that connects to any search engine, any site search, or even a search for your company's intranet. This sample hack from Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows you how.

Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 0596009186
Published: February 2005
Author: Preston Gralla
Chapter: Hack 44: Build Your Own Firefox Search Engine
Published by O'Reilly

Special offer: If you decide that you want to buy the whole book, you can save over 20 percent when you purchase the Network Administrator Hacks Pack, which includes Windows XP Hacks along with Network Security Hacks and Windows Server Hacks.

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Format: PDF | Size: 317KB | Date: Mar 2005 | Version: 1.0 | System Requirements: Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later | License: copyright | Downloads: 7810


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