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Sunday, February 16, 2003

Googlefancy redux

A few months ago, I posted some handy search popups that I cobbled together using a simple popup that Google offers to users of browsers that can't handle their über-proprietary IE/Win toolbar jobby.

I've since updated the popups quite a bit and since I still get emails from people who use them and like them, I figured I would share the wealth. Especially as I finally figured out how to make a "real" Amazon search rather than going through Kokogiak's Amazon Lite service.

But I digress. Drag these to a folder in your link bar. The last one is a modified version of the inimitable Zeldman's Resize for Cinema bookmark which I'm only including here because it's the other bookmark I reach for first when using a new terminal and I want to stash it someplace where I can google it at any time.

GoogleSearch

AmazonSearch
DictionarySearch
eBaySearch
EpicuriousSearch
GoogleImageSearch
IMDbSearch
MacUpdateSearch
VersionTracker9Search
VersionTrackerXSearch

ResizeWindow

Some notes: The AmazonSearch will search all categories (books, DVDs, etc) in one fell swoop. The eBaySearch hits names AND descriptions. IMDbSearch will find names as well as titles. You can use quotes in your searches to find "exact sets of words" the same way you would in a normal search box. Pretty handy.

Posted at 11:03 AM

Comments

001. Choire

oh my god! this is SO worthwhile with safari! whooo!

Posted at 06:22PM on Sunday, February 16, 2003

002. Tim

They rock! And what's more, they actually work - cool!! Not that I didn't have faith of course, Brian, I'm just easily impressed .....

Posted at 07:29PM on Monday, February 17, 2003

003. Tim

Ooh, and they're easily customisable to make them UK-centric. Bonus!

Posted at 07:31PM on Monday, February 17, 2003

004. jessie

Love them, thanks! What about MapQuest?

Posted at 03:54AM on Monday, February 24, 2003

005. jessie

Or Netflix?

Posted at 11:26PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2003

006. dave

Thank you for your efforts here. I'm usein' em!

Posted at 05:47PM on Tuesday, July 22, 2003

007. brian

The Dictionary one is Great. But, how about it opening in a new tab instead of leaving the window? It would be more useful to me.

Please keep making more!

Posted at 01:09PM on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

008. Totakeke

These rock!

Posted at 03:06PM on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

009. Pieter Arnout

I have been searching a long time for a comparable feature to the highlight button implementation in the google toolbar. You know, the one that let's you highlight search terms on a web page?

Any idea if it's possible to do this all in Javascript? I don't know where to begin. With the right hints, maybe I can implement this myself ... or maybe you can. I know a lot of people who would love this feature!!!!!

Posted at 02:16PM on Monday, July 26, 2004

010. Brian

I second the nomination of Mapquest. I would use it 10 times a day! Open in a new window. Use almost all of your other ones, thanks!

Posted at 01:11PM on Thursday, December 09, 2004

011. me

Hmm, there's probably a way to have the javascript open a new tab or window. But I don't know how.

One of these days I will update this list again, too. The Epicurious search doesn't work anymore, for one thing. And I've cobbled together a few more.

Posted at 01:24PM on Thursday, December 09, 2004

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