Firefox 2.0 & The Search Bar

Now I want to post some information on Mozilla's RC3 release of Firefox 2.0.  Why?  Because it's Firefox 1.5 - only better.   If you are a Firefox user, you might want to check it out.  The latest version out is Firefox 2.0 RC3, and can be downloaded at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.html.  The list of features can be found at http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox2/Features.  If you are not a Firefox user, why not?  Do you favor IE?  I hope not.  I am running Linux, so it is hard (but not impossible) to run Microsoft Internet Explorer.  It runs really slow under Wine, so I only use it to test websites that I design.  Even if I could run it efficiently, I wouldn't.  When I was a Windows user by default, I still used Firefox because it had more features, and it was more secure.

Here is a feature that would make your Firefox browsing very efficient - the search engine bar.  In Firefox, you have a bar at the top and to the right of your address bar.  Wouldn't it be cool if you could add eBay to that search bar, well, you can!  Just go to http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ for a list of search engines that you can add to your list.  With eBay's search bar in place, you can search for anything on eBay right from your browser.  It's very useful for me because if I have a buyer call or email about an item, all they have to tell me is the item number.  I punch it into the search bar, and I go right to the item they are talking about.  Another use for it - if you are an eBay Radio listener, callers often call in with questions about an eBay item.  If you are listening and want to see the item.  You have to stop, go to the eBay page and type in the number, or you can simply go to the search bar and type in the number.

I haven't found a search engine that allows one to search for an eBay member or feedback profile.  If somebody finds one, please post it.

Yes, I know MS put the search feature and put it into their IE7.  There are many reasons why I don't prefer MS Internet Explorer.  One of them is their slow response to bugs.  Don't believe me?  See http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/how-to-crash-internet-explorer.asp to see what I'm talking about.  That page has a script that will crash your browser if you are running IE6.x or older.  Yes, it appears that they fixed it in IE7, but that makes it over a year response time.