Search made simple(r)
I’m usually deep into my browser searchbar (firefox) more times a day than I can comfortably count. I use it to check correct code syntax, look up article references, double check spelling and even plan the dinner menu (yeah, i occasionally cook!) and it’s gotten even more research friendly with the recent advent of “Opensearch” microformat and the release of the opensearch API from A9 (Amazon).
Yesterday, Shayne Bartlett from J!Factory released a few real useful opensearch plugins that focus on Joomla! which you can download either through his site or the joomla! extensions directory
If you’re not familiar with Opensearch (but you do use Firefox), visit Mozilla and browse the search extensions section. There’s a special opensearch goodie for just about anything. Alternately, you can quickjump to the seach extensions page by ticking your search bar (little triangle, right of the seach engine icon in your searchbar) and selecting: Manage Search Engines.
As a shameless plug for the upcoming release of joommunity we’ve even created an opensource plugin to search our eventual archives. To add it to your growing arsenal of search plugins, visit joommuity.com and look up at your search bar. Tick your searchbar “selector” (google/yahoo etc) triangle and highlight/select -add joommunity.com-.
