Extending Firefox Search Plugins

Relates to Accessibility and Firefox and Co

What makes Firefox so great is the unlimited scope for customisation. Take the Firefox search plugin - a great utility for stockpiling search engines from MyCroft. But it doesn't have to just be a search tool, for plugin files can easily be composed to extend the functionality to your requirements. As an example, placing the following snippet in a src file in the searchplugins directory below Firefox's installation route will give quick access to Jens Meiert's User Interface Test Resources.


<search
    name="UI Tests"
    description="UI Accessibility and Validity Site Tests"
    action="http://uitest.com/en/check/results/"
    method="GET">
<input name="url" user>
</search>

Now a domain can be entered in the search box to generate UITR's comprehensive set of links to the major validation sites. If the site to be tested is already being viewed a Conquery could be used instead to avoid entering the URL string:


<search
  name="UI Tests"
  description="UI Accessibility and Validity Site Tests"
  action="http://uitest.com/en/check/results/"
  method="GET">
<input name="url" value="[:url]" label="Enter URL">
</search>

This should be placed in a cqr file in the searchplugins directory.

Posted on Saturday, Nov 13, 2004 at 14:54:54.

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