Table of Contents: Overview   How To    Some Search Plugins    Examples    References
Overview
  • Search Plugins, here, refers to extensions to Mozilla browsers, that plugin / enhance the Mozilla Search Engine component with additional search sites.  The Mycroft project provides a collection of Sherlock & OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins for Mozilla browsers (e.g. Flock, Firefox) and for the Internet Explorer browser. The Search tool looks like this:

How to add Search Plugins to Mozilla browsers
  • Either you install Add to Search Bar, and then you can easily add any site's search to your browser's Search plugins...
  • Or for Firefox you can add Firefox Search Tools, to add predefined plugins,
  • Or for Flock you can use Flock's Add a new Search Engine feature to add any site's search to your browser's Search plugins.

Some Search Plugins
HP Internal:

Examples of Search plugins

         

References
"Mozilla Firefox and related software use Add-on as an inclusive term for a category of augmentation modules that are subdivided into plug-ins, themes, search engines and a well-developed extension system which reduces the feature creep that plagued the Mozilla Application Suite." - Wikipedia
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