Search Plugin for Firefox, IE 7

[Andy]

We've added a new section for Downloads (http://www.youngwritersonline.net/downloads.php), which can be found in the Info Center by clicking the blue book.

To start it off: if you use Firefox as your browser, you can go there and download a plugin that will let you search Young Writers Online from your toolbar:

http://www.youngwritersonline.net/downloads/ywoFireFoxSearch.jpg

The results will show up in Google (like this (http://www.google.com/custom?q=writers&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sitesearch=www.youngwritersonline.net&domains=www.youngwritersonline.net&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&num=20&hl=en)). Needless to say, this is a faster way to search than by going to our Search page (http://www.youngwritersonline.net/search.php).

EDIT: The plugin now works for Internet Explorer 7 as well.


I hope to get the Downloads page filled up with more stuff. At the moment there's a desktop wallpaper I'm working on, though it still needs work. :)

[Ichigo]

No, it doesn't work for Internet Explorer 7.
Well it's a cool idea anyways.
*Goes off to get Firefox*

[Andy]

Darn. Thanks for checking, though. I'll see if there's a way to add one for IE 7 tomorrow. There's got to be a way. But for now, sleep.:sleep:

[Andy]

I made some changes and tested it in Internet Explorer 7. It should be IE-compatible now. :)

[Carraka]

I use Firefox, and I've downloaded the plug-in. I have IE also, and the plug-in seems to be working on there as well.

[Andy]

Phew! That means it's definitely working properly. Which is a nice bit of relief. Thanks for the input, Carraka.

[Ichigo]

Yeah it works for mine now too.
But anyways while we're kind of on the subject, can you guys tell me the advantages of using Firefox? I have it but I never use it....maybe I should?

[Nyx]

Hm..you know I actually don't know the advantages of firefox, I use it all the time, just not sure why though... it'd be interesting if someone could explain the advantages here!

[Andy]

Here's a short article comparing IE7 and Firefox 2.0
http://www.webuser.co.uk/specials/98590.html

On the Mac, Firefox and Safari are the two most popular browsers, so Firefox is a major competitor on both platforms. I mainly use Safari, but sometimes Firefox is able to do useful things that it can't. I haven't switched entirely to Firefox because most of my bookmarks and such would be a pain to copy over.

[Ichigo]

How is it you just have that? A whole article on it, your just truly amazing.

[Nyx]

I know. It seems you have a resource of everything! Thanks for the article.