GoogleResultsWalker Firefox addon

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Google Results Walker in action

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 pr0n 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
Toggle on/off mouseover with a big lightswitch $5
Improve initial size of results container


Click here to join in. There will be a "Request" field
at the end of the process. Tell me your bidding.



Changelog

0.5.3 09/02/2008

  • 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