Re: Metalink search from the Firefox toolbar.
- From: Steve Jelfs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mattypenny@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 13:08:27 +0000
Well, on first impressions this seems to work really well - just did a
search on ora-0600 - it brought back loads - after prompting for my
username and password of course!
Makes the best browser even bester (sic).
Steve
Matt Penny wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm new to the list, so apologies if you've already
>had a zillion of these posted.
>
>I've written a search plugin for Firefox to allow you
>to search Metalink from the toolbar. I know zilch
>about html, but it does seem to work.
>
>The relatively cool thing about this is that you can
>type your search string into the toolbar, and search
>on Metalink, then repeat the search on, say, Google
>without having to cut and paste the text you are
>searching on. I did say *relatively* cool!
>
>If you're not already logged into Metalink it will
>prompt you for username and password.
>
>You have to put the attached files into C:\Program
>Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins (or your
>equivalent).
>
>In case the attachments get blocked somewhere along
>the way, the code is below.
>
>I've got a tweaked version to search through the
>Metalink Notes only - mail me direct if you want that.
>
>I've mailed the code up to mozdev.org, but it hasn't
>yet been posted.
>
>Please mail me to let me know if you have any
>problems, or to let me know if you find it useful.
>
>Cheers
>
>
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