Firefox search suggest in NY Times
May 10th, 2007 by Gen KanaiIt’s great to see this kind of question (people benefiting from features of web browsers) at the NY Times. What’s more telling is that this person probably was using Firefox on their’s daughter’s computer and that’s why he or she noticed that Google and Yahoo! and Answers.com provide search suggestions.
Q. I recently did a Web search with Google on my daughter’s computer. When I entered the information, a drop-down menu appeared with suggested Web addresses and additional words. How can I get my own computer to suggest words and Web sites?
A. Most browsers have an auto-complete function that can fill in site addresses you previously entered, but you can also have your Web browser “suggest” search terms as you type. There are at least a couple of ways to add the feature to your computer.
For example, Mozilla’s Firefox 2 Web browser has a Search Suggestion feature. As you type into the Search bar for the Google, Yahoo or Answers.com search engines, the browser displays a list of terms that automatically updates itself to narrow down the options the more you type. The free Firefox browser for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux systems can be downloaded at www.mozilla.com.