Need good search word highlight extension for firefox

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Rili

I'm after a good highlight and find search words extension for firefox.
The googlebar is way too slow, especially on large webpages, and so is
unusable for me.

The clusty toolbar
http://clusty.com/toolbar/firefox
highlights and searches for words in web pages, but is also too slow :(

I'm currently using the All-In-One Search button which is fast at
highlighting, but I would prefer to be able to click on the search word
so that I can find it in the document (without using the drop down menu).
http://pcdingo.freestarthost.com/firefox/index.php?lang=en&s=ext#allinonesearch
 
Rili said:
I'm after a good highlight and find search words extension for
firefox.
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Pardon my ignorance, but why is the builtin search function not sufficient?
 
I guess I should have been more specific. The built in search function
is great, however, once the search has been carried out, I would like to
be able to highlight and also jump straight to the keywords. This allows
for extremely fast checking of the webpage to see if it is what you want.

The googlebar does this, but is extremely slow on anything bigger than a
small webpage.

The All-In-One Search button extension highlights the words most of the
time, but it doesn't have an easy jump to search word function. It does
do it, but you need to click on the pull down menu.
 
I guess I should have been more specific. The built in
search function is great, however, once the search has been
carried out, I would like to be able to highlight and also
jump straight to the keywords. This allows for extremely
fast checking of the webpage to see if it is what you want.

The googlebar does this, but is extremely slow on anything
bigger than a small webpage.

The All-In-One Search button extension highlights the words
most of the time, but it doesn't have an easy jump to
search word function. It does do it, but you need to click
Click to expand...

To jump to a word in FX .. did you try F3 ?

J
 
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Are you familar with find as you type feature?

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3435591

**************
Astute reader Reg Aubry chided me over neglecting to mention an even more
powerful find on a page feature—but I admit I wasn't aware of it until
Reg pointed it out. He writes:

""What Firefox does that is maybe one of the top three usability
advantages of the product is the Find As You Type feature. Why waste time
with CTRL+F when you can just begin typing your search string and the
characters automatically are highlighted on the page?

"For example, you could search for each instance of Firefox [on a page]
simply by typing "Firefox." As you enter each letter in the string, the
word highlights on the page. To find the next instance, simply press the
F3 key, repeating to find the next instance, and the next, etc. You don't
need to "turn on" the find feature, and then leave it up or shut it off
with the red X, because it is ALWAYS available!"

The find as you type feature is enabled through the options menu. To turn
it on, select Tools> Options > Advanced > Accessibility and tick the "Use
Find As You Type" radio button. When you want to cancel a search string
or start over, just press the ESC key.
*******
 
Yes, I know about this feature, but it means that you have to type in
the search/keywords twice, once for searching and once to find them.

What is needed is a highlight all search words button, in the search
box, feature and this exists with the

all in once search extension.

Most of the time when the search words are highlighted you can simply
scroll quickly through the webpage and see all instances of the
search/keywords very quickly, but occassionaly in long documents you
want to jump straight to the search/keyword. This is where it is handy
to have the search words appear on a toolbar so you can click them
straight away, in the same manner as the Googlebar does, but
unfortunately the googlebar is very slow in firefox :(


(e-mail address removed) wrote in



Are you familar with find as you type feature?

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3435591

**************
Astute reader Reg Aubry chided me over neglecting to mention an even more
powerful find on a page feature—but I admit I wasn't aware of it until
Reg pointed it out. He writes:

""What Firefox does that is maybe one of the top three usability
advantages of the product is the Find As You Type feature. Why waste time
with CTRL+F when you can just begin typing your search string and the
characters automatically are highlighted on the page?

"For example, you could search for each instance of Firefox [on a page]
simply by typing "Firefox." As you enter each letter in the string, the
word highlights on the page. To find the next instance, simply press the
F3 key, repeating to find the next instance, and the next, etc. You don't
need to "turn on" the find feature, and then leave it up or shut it off
with the red X, because it is ALWAYS available!"

The find as you type feature is enabled through the options menu. To turn
it on, select Tools> Options > Advanced > Accessibility and tick the "Use
Find As You Type" radio button. When you want to cancel a search string
or start over, just press the ESC key.
*******
Click to expand...
 
Yes, I know about this feature, but it means that you have to type in
the search/keywords twice, once for searching and once to find them.

What is needed is a highlight all search words button, in the search
box, feature and this exists with the

all in once search extension.

Most of the time when the search words are highlighted you can simply
scroll quickly through the webpage and see all instances of the
search/keywords very quickly, but occassionaly in long documents you
want to jump straight to the search/keyword. This is where it is handy
to have the search words appear on a toolbar so you can click them
straight away, in the same manner as the Googlebar does, but
unfortunately the googlebar is very slow in firefox :(
Click to expand...

http://legege.gelegweb.com/mozilla/

Is what you want.

It puts the search terms you last searched on the toolbar, clicking on it
will bring you to that word on the page.
 
THANKS!

Just what I was looking for, plus the resize search box extension as well!

It is definitely quicker than the googlebar at highlighting, but it
still has a little bit of a lag when highlighting larger pages, eg 100
search results. But it definitely looks promising.
 
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