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KwiClick lets you search the web without leaving the page you're on

KwiClick
Normally if you want to search Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, or other web sites, you need to open a new browser window or tab or navigate away from whatever web page you're currently on. The KwiClick add-on for Firefox presents another way to search.

It's not exactly "picture in picture" for your web browser, the way that Mozilla Links describes it. But it does let you conduct searches in a miniature Firefox window while continuing to read the pages you're on. In fact, you can also use the mini-browser to watch videos or view pictures while you're checking your email or reading the news.

Here's how it works. Once KwiClick is installed, you can either hit the Kwic button in the navigation toolbar to open a mini-browser, or select any text on a web page, right click, and select "KwiClick search." A small Firefox window will open in the bottom right corner of the screen. You can drag the window anywhere on the screen or resize it. And you can pin it to stay on top of all other windows if you're doing something like watching a YouTube video that you don't want to disappear. If you don't pin the window, it will fade away when you click on a browser window behind your KwiClick window.

KwiClick supports searches on Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, and Google Maps.
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