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== Description == | == Description == | ||
This Firefox addon enables fast navigation of google results, while still retaining the google "feel". Navigate the results using the mousewheel, and mouse over a result to display it in a window to the right. Try it, it's fast and fun! | This Firefox addon enables fast navigation of google results, while still retaining the google "feel". Navigate the results using the mousewheel, and mouse over a result to display it in a window to the right. Try it, it's fast and fun! | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 3 September 2008
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Description
This Firefox addon enables fast navigation of google results, while still retaining the google "feel". Navigate the results using the mousewheel, and mouse over a result to display it in a window to the right. Try it, it's fast and fun!
Details
When you search using google, the results page will be changed as follows.
- The results on the lefthand side will be placed in a scrollable container. Google results are 48 "small" characters wide. The container will be sized to hold the results exactly as google provides them.
- A second container is placed in the remaining space on the right. Mouse over a result link and it will be displayed in the righthand container.
Use a high resolution (1024x768 or higher) to really get the most out of this addon. If you run at a very high resolution of 1600x1200 or higher, you will most likely be able to see the full result page. Good times!
Status
Personally, I need this addon, and I'll be maintaining it into the foreseeable future. But I've decided to try a digital-economy experiment: my development on the addon will be strictly dictated by donations. If you're the first to donate $5 and you want a flashing hot pink border, I'll give it my best shot. Fly me, I'm yours. Updated daily.
| Request | Donation |
|---|---|
| Prevent result from taking over entire window | $23 |
| just plain kewl! (err, ok i'll try) | $10 |
| Toggle on/off mouseover with a big lightswitch | $5 |
| Improve initial size of results container | |
| Handle font size change - even provide buttons for it? | |
| Handle window resize a little better |
| Click here to join in. There will be a "Request" field at the end of the process. Tell me your bidding. |
Send gripes, hellos, patches, death threats, love letters to: resultswalker@gmail.com
Addon Compatibility
I've tried this with the following addons, with pretty good success. Let me know if there's something specific that doesn't work for you.
- CustomizeGoogle - includes a results prefetch (controversial topic!) that makes for even faster mouseovers (and massive bandwidth usage!)
- The usual popular ones (Adblock Plus, ColorfulTabs, TabMixPlus, Greasemonkey, etc.)
Changelog
0.5.4 09/02/2008
- fixed default "no results" page
- reduced size of javascript
0.5.3 09/01/2008
- updated to skip table#nav in height calc if it doesn't exist (before it would error out)
- removed "get lucky" autoload until I can prevent iframe from taking over window
0.5.2 09/01/2008
- iframe resized on window resize
0.5.1 08/30/2008
- two-columns, sized correctly on first view (but not on window resize)
0.0.1 2008
- originally named "google unsucked", not very nice
ancient past 01/14/2004
- Birth: the original (currently broken) perl webscrape version was called GoogleFramed