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Posted: 08 July 2008 10:49 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Steven from Hambo Design posted two great tips for getting to the ExpressionEngine User Guide faster if you are developing in Firefox, Safari, or, Internet Explorer 7.

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Posted: 08 July 2008 10:58 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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I use Opera as my main browser, and here’s what I do: I have defined new “search engines” (using Google) for the EE site in general, the wiki, and the docs. Entering “ee keyword” or, say, “ed date formatting” in the address bar takes me there directly.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&q;=%site:expressionengine.com/docs

Very nice, if not as nifty smile

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Posted: 08 July 2008 11:04 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Also a nice tip Ingmar. The new Opera is quite impressive. I’ve been using it more and more.

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Posted: 08 July 2008 11:20 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Here is a quick Bookmarklet.

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Posted: 08 July 2008 11:20 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Nice work, Steven!

@Ingmar - I do something similar with Sogudi for Safari.

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Posted: 08 July 2008 11:22 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Nice. I gave Safari a fair try on Windows, but somehow we didn’t really hit it off. The Mac version must be far superior to attract the following it has.

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Posted: 08 July 2008 11:56 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Inquisitor is great, been using it for quite some time - thanks to Steve for the tip on adding EE specific search!

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Posted: 08 July 2008 12:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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That is awesome for Inquisitor, one of my favorite Safari tools. I’ll admit though, I did remove the /docs/ from the URL so that it searches all of ExpressionEngine.com.  That’s more useful for me personally

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Posted: 08 July 2008 12:51 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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Thanks a lot for that, it’ll be useful !

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Posted: 08 July 2008 08:54 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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Wow! I didn’t realise I’d made front page news at ExpressionEngine smile

Thanks for the free mug in return… lol heehee

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Posted: 08 July 2008 08:57 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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Ingmar Greil - 08 July 2008 10:58 AM

I use Opera as my main browser, and here’s what I do: I have defined new “search engines” (using Google) for the EE site in general, the wiki, and the docs. Entering “ee keyword” or, say, “ed date formatting” in the address bar takes me there directly.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&q;=%site:expressionengine.com/docs

Very nice, if not as nifty smile

Hey Ingmar, Opera also supports OpenSearch smile

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Posted: 09 July 2008 12:05 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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Really? It’s not listed here, do you’ve got some more info? A link, perhaps?

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Posted: 09 July 2008 12:11 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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I saw this -

http://ez.no/developer/contribs/3rd_party/opensearch_plugins_for_internet_explorer_firefox_others

and it mentions OpenSearch for Opera. What happens when you click on the OpenSearch link?

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Posted: 16 July 2008 11:29 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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I feel a little bit like the Viking who discovered America before Columbus: I posted two OpenSearch plugins for EE in April. smile

http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/76496/

One is for the docs and does an “I Feel Lucky” search so it usually gets you exactly the page you want.  The other searches all of the site, and is for when you’re wanting to include the wiki and forums because you’re digging around more.

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Posted: 16 July 2008 03:19 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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supersusie - 16 July 2008 11:29 AM

I feel a little bit like the Viking who discovered America before Columbus: I posted two OpenSearch plugins for EE in April. smile

http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/76496/

One is for the docs and does an “I Feel Lucky” search so it usually gets you exactly the page you want.  The other searches all of the site, and is for when you’re wanting to include the wiki and forums because you’re digging around more.

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I think you’re a bit late… http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/58604/#288661 wink

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Posted: 16 July 2008 03:56 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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So hard to have an original idea these days. sigh.  Time to get back to work on my perpetual motion machine.

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Posted: 01 September 2008 07:41 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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Ok, so I’m late….. Just installed FF add on…. I love the magicians around here…

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