Search Plugins

I’ve been playing around with Firefox search plugins today. I figured it must be easy to make one and after a little (very little) research it appears that it is easy. It is a pretty simple syntax, but is only limited to GET form submissions. If a search form only accepts POST then you’re out of luck. I create a search engine for this site. Click this to install the search plugin for xiaoniu.org. You’ll need Mozilla or Firefox. If you are using IE you’re out of luck. You really ought to upgrade to a decent browser.

If you want to see the code for my search plugin click here. It is an XML file with a .SRC extention. You should also create a 16×16 image file to go with your plugin. I created a basic one for now, but I will really have to update it with something better.

I think I’ll create some plugins for other sites I use often.