Search Extension for Mozilla?

One of the many things I like about the Mozilla browser is the ability to 
type a phrase into the URL line and do a search right from there.

Has anyone created an extension or method so that when I type a search 
phrase but hit ENTER by habit, it will do the search instead of informing 
me (duh) that "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded"?

For instance, it would pick up the absence of a .com or .org suffix, or 

Bill Spikowski wrote:
> One of the many things I like about the Mozilla browser is the ability 
> to type a phrase into the URL line and do a search right from there.
> 
> Has anyone created an extension or method so that when I type a search 
> phrase but hit ENTER by habit, it will do the search instead of 
> informing me (duh) that "The URL is not valid and cannot be
loaded"?
> 
> For instance, it would pick up the absence of a .com or .org suffix, or 
> notice the parentheses and understand that this is a search phrase, not 
> a URL

Thought about using the Google search bar and typing into it?



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On 08/22/2006 06:57 AM, Bill Spikowski wrote:
> One of the many things I like about the Mozilla browser is the ability 
> to type a phrase into the URL line and do a search right from there.
> 
> Has anyone created an extension or method so that when I type a search 
> phrase but hit ENTER by habit, it will do the search instead of 
> informing me (duh) that "The URL is not valid and cannot be
loaded"?
> 
> For instance, it would pick up the absence of a .com or .org suffix, or 
> notice the parentheses and understand that this is a search phrase, not 
> a URL

Prefix the search term with the word "google," or, if you want 
an alternative search engine to have an opportunity to make 
some money, create a bookmark to 
<http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/%s> and give it 
a keyword of "dogpile."

When you want to search dogpile, type "dogpile <search term>" 
in the URL line.

Mumia W. wrote:
> On 08/22/2006 06:57 AM, Bill Spikowski wrote:
>> One of the many things I like about the Mozilla browser is the ability

>> to type a phrase into the URL line and do a search right from there.
>>
>> Has anyone created an extension or method so that when I type a search

>> phrase but hit ENTER by habit, it will do the search instead of 
>> informing me (duh) that "The URL is not valid and cannot be
loaded"?
>>
>> For instance, it would pick up the absence of a .com or .org suffix, 
>> or notice the parentheses and understand that this is a search phrase,

>> not a URL
> 
> Prefix the search term with the word "google," or, if you want an

> alternative search engine to have an opportunity to make some money, 
> create a bookmark to
<http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/%s> 
> and give it a keyword of "dogpile."
> 
> When you want to search dogpile, type "dogpile <search
term>" in the URL 
> line.
> 


works fine from here

_Bill Spikowski_ spoke thusly on 22/08/2006 7:57 AM:
> One of the many things I like about the Mozilla browser is the ability 
> to type a phrase into the URL line and do a search right from there.
> 
> Has anyone created an extension or method so that when I type a search 
> phrase but hit ENTER by habit, it will do the search instead of 
> informing me (duh) that "The URL is not valid and cannot be
loaded"?
> 
> For instance, it would pick up the absence of a .com or .org suffix, or 
> notice the parentheses and understand that this is a search phrase, not 
> a URL

[Cross-posted and follow-up set to mozilla.support.mozilla-suite. 
mozilla.support.general is not intended for Mozilla Suite support.]

In the Mozilla browser, go to the URL:
about:config

Look for the preference:
keyword.enabled

Double-click on it, and set the value to true.

For more info on about:config, see
<http://ilias.ca/mozilla/customizing/>.
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Chris Ilias
mozilla.test.multimedia moderator
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