Using Firefox Keywords

The keyword function in Firefox is a real timesaver. When I type NL in the location bar, I go directly to my current newsletter at http://www.steveshank.com/cgi-bin/newsletter.pl. You can setup these shortcuts to anywhere you want. Here's how.

First, bookmark the site. Each Bookmark has a spot for a keyword shortcut. Simply right click on the bookmark you'd like to shortcut and select properties.

Then enter your shortcut or keyword. Now you can type that into the location bar and jump directly to the bookmarked page.

To get to Amazon, I simply type AM

Date: September 2010

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Home Forms About Current Newsletter subscribe Search All Articles Browse by Category Security Internet Mobile Business Hardware Fun		Using Firefox Keywords The keyword function in Firefox is a real timesaver. When I type NL in the location bar, I go directly to my current newsletter at http://www.steveshank.com/cgi-bin/newsletter.pl. You can setup these shortcuts to anywhere you want. Here's how. First, bookmark the site. Each Bookmark has a spot for a keyword shortcut. Simply right click on the bookmark you'd like to shortcut and select properties. Then enter your shortcut or keyword. Now you can type that into the location bar and jump directly to the bookmarked page. To get to Amazon, I simply type AM Date: September 2010 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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