Prefsearch is a simple about:config hack
This is just a little quickie that I find handy to use. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while but life kept getting in the way.
Prefsearch is an easy-peasy way to search the names of preferences in about:config via Google. There are a million preferences scattered about in there, and I found myself repeatedly copying a preference name, opening a new tab, going to Google, and searching for said name. This is just a simple hack that lets you right-click on a name, select “Google Name,” and you can figure out what happens next.
If you can’t, I’ll let you in in the secret: a new tab is opened in focus or in the background, whatever you have your preferences set as, and Google tells you what’s what regarding the name you just selected. Groovy.
Screen shot:
Install Prefsearch 0.1
(Size: 8kb Release Date: January 19th 2008)
Tested on Firefox 2.0.0.11
January 31st, 2008 at 8:58 am
I love your scripts ;)
But this might have the google lawyers un-easy :P Using Google as a verb :)
But damn, I admit I use “Google” as a verb daily too…
It’s so much easier to say “go google toys” rather than “go google search for toys”
October 17th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Great extension, but prevents use of about:config
starting with Firefox 3.1preb1 and also fails in Firefox 3.1preb2 (minefield) with the following error:
XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: about:config
Line Number 45, Column 3:
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Side Notes:
The extension is not listed on your extensions page.
An about:config page of mine of general interest is
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/tabs_config.htm
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