Re: Merriam-Webster Search Engine - No longer works

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Merriam-Webster Search Engine - No longer works
\ danspamable (16 Oct 2007)
. \ Irwin Greenwald (17 Oct 2007)
. . \ captjlddavis (17 Oct 2007)
. . . \ Irwin Greenwald (17 Oct 2007)
. . . . \ Herb (17 Oct 2007)
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. . . . . . \ Herb (17 Oct 2007)
. . . . . . . \ David McRitchie (17 Oct 2007)
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Subject:	Re: Merriam-Webster Search Engine - No longer works
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	Herb
Date:	18 Oct 2007

On 18.10.2007 00:03 UK Time, David McRitchie wrote:
> "Herb" <HE@UK> wrote in message
>>> http://mycroft.mozdev.org/deepdocs/deepdocs.html
>>
>> I was thinking more of a simple description from a user point of view.
>
> Did you perhaps miss "captldjdavis" first reply pointing to
> Mycroft Project: Sherlock & OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins
> "Here are the Search Engine Plugins / Search Providers that match your
> query.
> Click once on the plugin name to install. The new engine will appear in
> the search bar shortly."
> http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=webster&sherlock=&opensearc h=&submitform=Search

I had seen it, thanks, but I was interested in further background
information.

> Getting a bunch of search plugs from mycroft is fast and an easy,
> starting at http://mycroft.mozdev.org/
> but after you have installed about 15 of the most popular that way, it
> becomes harder to find exactly what you want with among 200 plugins
> looking almost the same except for country codes on some of the more
> specialized ones. At which point what I posted about converting
> any search form on a page to one of your own plug-in using
> the "Add to Search Bar" extension OR to your own keyword shortcuts
> (Firefox builtin on context menu) with a choice of
> either using right-click.
>
> The advantage of the plug-in is that you can modify the search
> arguments easier because they remain on the search bar.
>
> The advantage of the keyword shortcut is that it is faster to\
> type out the keyword and search arguments than to use the
> search dropdown. But to reenter you have to start over or
> Ctrl+Z at the location bar.
> or refresh

Thanks for your further comments.

I really must set aside some time to investigate this issue properly,
with a view of assessing the scope for modifying/optimising my
usual/regular search procedure.

As you might imagine, I make extensive use of web searches in my daily
work as a technical translator, and optimising my procedure could be a
key aspect for further gains in productivity.

However, further detailed general discussions on this subject would
probably be OT for this forum - what do you think?

--
Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk
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