the search bar
If you are a Firefox user you should know what I'm talking about.
Although it always seemed like it should be useful, I've never been a fan of the search bar. I simply don't like the fact that it keeps your last search sitting up there. What if I searched for "anal invader" last night and this morning one of my coworkers or clients sees that?
More practically, I tend to do a lot of pasting text into the google search box, and I hate that you have to manually erase what is the search bar before you can paste your query. (I'm talking quick middle-button paste, not ctrl-v stuff)
No surprise that some up came up with an extension to change this. The Search Button extension gives you the option of having a Search Button (duh) next to the search bar, but also allows you to set the search bar to auto-clear when you submit your query.
Now that I've installed this extension and started using the search bar, I found two awesome keyboard shortcuts related to it:
CTRL-K gives the search bar focus (what CTRL-L is to the address bar)
ALT-ENTER in the search bar opens the results of the query in a new tab.
Rock on! Now I'm loving the search bar!
