Filed under: Internet, Productivity, Mozilla, Search, Browsers
URL Alias adds superpowers to the Firefox address bar
Good things really do come in small packages, as is the case with the URL Alias Firefox addon.
I originally installed it looking to make the address bar more launcher-like. For example, I wanted http://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox to open when I type mail or http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS05 when I enter wings.
I prefer using words or abbreviations I can remember easily instead of hotkey combinations, and this experimental addon is the perfect tool for the job.
Since URL Alias also supports a variable (yep, just one), you can do a whole lot more with your aliases than just save keystrokes.
To manage aliases, type the following in your address bar: chrome://urlalias/content/urlalias.xul [enter]
Suppose you want to set up a Google search alias for results from downloadsquad.com.
dls http://www.google.com/search?q=%s%20site:downloadsquad.com
The %s is replaced by whatever text you enter after the keyword: dls firefox addons will return results for all matching DS posts. Change the alias text and url, and set up as many site-specific searches as you like.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
