Comments on: Brand New Friend http://skuds.org/2008/09/brand-new-friend/ "Please send me evenings and weekends" Mon, 21 May 2012 15:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew http://skuds.org/2008/09/brand-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-99415 Andrew Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:33:21 +0000 http://skuds.org/?p=2404#comment-99415 I think it detects search engines after the site has been visited once. So now I've been to live.com I get a 'live.com' keyword in the search engine list (this took a couple of minutes to show up, weirdly, but did eventually). Once that's there I can just type 'live.com monkeys'. Afaik setting a different default search engine in the list (right-click address bar -> 'edit search engines') changes the right-click search. Java's a pain, yeah. <a href="http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95282&query=java&topic=&type=" rel="nofollow">Apparently</a> 'java 6 update 10', which isn't out of beta yet. I think it detects search engines after the site has been visited once. So now I’ve been to live.com I get a ‘live.com’ keyword in the search engine list (this took a couple of minutes to show up, weirdly, but did eventually). Once that’s there I can just type ‘live.com monkeys’.

Afaik setting a different default search engine in the list (right-click address bar -> ‘edit search engines’) changes the right-click search.

Java’s a pain, yeah. Apparently ‘java 6 update 10′, which isn’t out of beta yet.

]]> By: Skuds http://skuds.org/2008/09/brand-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-99410 Skuds Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:41:24 +0000 http://skuds.org/?p=2404#comment-99410 You are sort of right - and it does give the option of searching Wikipedia (either it didn't earlier on or I didn't spot it) but I only get the choice of searching with Google or Wikipedia. I can't search IMDb or Amazon or anything else - even though they are in the list of search engines. Maybe there is something I am missing butI still prefer the FF way of doing it. Also the easy way to change the search engine for the right-click search is missing from Chrome. Again, I might be missing something, and its only easy in FF because I worked it out myself the hard way. Things always stick better when that is the case. More worrying is that I tried a site that uses Java and had a blank pane with a message "no plugin available to display this content" but no prompt to install the plugin. Same thing with trying to view video on the BBC site. You are sort of right – and it does give the option of searching Wikipedia (either it didn’t earlier on or I didn’t spot it) but I only get the choice of searching with Google or Wikipedia.

I can’t search IMDb or Amazon or anything else – even though they are in the list of search engines. Maybe there is something I am missing butI still prefer the FF way of doing it.

Also the easy way to change the search engine for the right-click search is missing from Chrome. Again, I might be missing something, and its only easy in FF because I worked it out myself the hard way. Things always stick better when that is the case.

More worrying is that I tried a site that uses Java and had a blank pane with a message “no plugin available to display this content” but no prompt to install the plugin. Same thing with trying to view video on the BBC site.

]]> By: Andrew http://skuds.org/2008/09/brand-new-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-99409 Andrew Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:42 +0000 http://skuds.org/?p=2404#comment-99409 Afaik the address bar double as a search box - just type and it'll search the default engine. I'm only actively missing 1/24 plugins, which isn't bad going! Afaik the address bar double as a search box – just type and it’ll search the default engine.

I’m only actively missing 1/24 plugins, which isn’t bad going!

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