Search engine shortcuts in Firefox
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Firefox has a feature that lets you map a character or sequence of characters typed in the Firefox address bar to a custom search engine. For example, you can map w to Wikipedia, so the query w coffee would take you to the Wikipedia search page for coffee (which auto-redirects to the Wikipedia page for coffee).
This feature allows me to find things on my website and the IndieWeb wiki substantially faster. Before, I had to open up my site or the IndieWeb wiki in a new tab, then navigate to the respective search features. Now, I can do all these searches directly from my address bar.
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