There are three things I’ll discuss in this post… Enable searching from the Address Bar of a browser Type “about:config” in your browser Accept the warning message given about being careful Search for “ keyword.enabled ” Toggle the value of the boolean variable by right clicking on it. If its set to false – you’ll not be able to search from the address bar If its set to true – you’ll be able to search from the address bar Change the default search engine assigned Type “about:config” in your browser Accept the warning message given about being careful Search for “ keyword.enabled ” – Ensure that its “true” – if it isn’t then Toggle the value by right clicking on it and selecting “Toggle” Search for “ keyword.url ” Set the value to the search engine you want to use: For ex: to use Yahoo search engine – set the value to http://search.yahoo.com/search?p= To use Bing – set the value to http://www.bing.com/search?q= You are all set to search now…Just type the searc...
Being in the industry for almost two decades, one thing that's been constant is change and my curiosity. I In this fast world of IT...being curious, learning and learning by doing is quintessential :) Here is my way of learning and sharing what I learnt!!! Author: Sirisha Reddy G V