Comments on: On Searching http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/on-searching/ Philipp on software and other interesting things Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Windows 7 is the best Windows so far. Or is it? « philiKON - a journal http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/on-searching/#comment-339 Windows 7 is the best Windows so far. Or is it? « philiKON - a journal Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:51:48 +0000 http://philikon.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-339 [...] this from Apple, even though OS X has had it first (it was launched with OS X Tiger in April 2005). I find search the single most important tool in a computer system and it’s highly underrated. It’s good to see that Microsoft puts [...] [...] this from Apple, even though OS X has had it first (it was launched with OS X Tiger in April 2005). I find search the single most important tool in a computer system and it’s highly underrated. It’s good to see that Microsoft puts [...]

]]> By: Christian Czura http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/on-searching/#comment-9 Christian Czura Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:59:54 +0000 http://philikon.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-9 You can create a little shortcut in firefox for searches by right clicking into a search field and clicking on "Add a keyword for this search..." (or "Ein Schluesselwort fuer diese Suche hinzufuegen..." in german ;-)). That way I can open a new tab and enter "g linuxtag" (german linux conference) or "imdb indiana jones 4" and avoid having to enter the site's name, waiting for it to load, searching on the site for it's search-field, etc. And best of all, I don't have to use the mouse to focus the search field, I just open a new tab and start typing along. I was really happy when I found this by accident, because it saves my time and nerves. You can create a little shortcut in firefox for searches by right clicking into a search field and clicking on “Add a keyword for this search…” (or “Ein Schluesselwort fuer diese Suche hinzufuegen…” in german ;-) ).

That way I can open a new tab and enter “g linuxtag” (german linux conference) or “imdb indiana jones 4″ and avoid having to enter the site’s name, waiting for it to load, searching on the site for it’s search-field, etc.
And best of all, I don’t have to use the mouse to focus the search field, I just open a new tab and start typing along.
I was really happy when I found this by accident, because it saves my time and nerves.

]]> By: betabug http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/on-searching/#comment-7 betabug Fri, 30 May 2008 13:38:40 +0000 http://philikon.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-7 "when looking for the definition of a method, grep for def foo" Inefficient. Start using the tags interface of your editor. :-p “when looking for the definition of a method, grep for def foo”

Inefficient. Start using the tags interface of your editor. :-p

]]> By: Godefroid Chapelle http://philikon.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/on-searching/#comment-6 Godefroid Chapelle Fri, 30 May 2008 10:41:31 +0000 http://philikon.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-6 Sometimes, when searching through bash history, the first command you get is not the right one. You have the chance to cycle through other results by typing Ctrl-R again. Sometimes, when searching through bash history, the first command you get is not the right one. You have the chance to cycle through other results by typing Ctrl-R again.

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