Comments on: Searching biological databases from the Firefox search bar http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/ Ideas are cheap, implementation is expensive; act accordingly. Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Text http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Text Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:27:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/#comment-41 You can edit BiobarSearch.xml as a text file and just save it in your profile directory. You can add any database you can formulate as a web address. You can edit BiobarSearch.xml as a text file and just save it in your profile directory. You can add any database you can formulate as a web address.

]]> By: Andrew Perry http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Andrew Perry Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:23:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/#comment-40 Mostly it's about screen real-estate (every little toolbar on a 15" laptop screen adds up to very little space for actual content). I still use Biobar, but I leave it hidden most of the time and use the opensearch box for the databases I most frequently search, and only open Biobar for the ones I rarely use.<br/><br/>One idea for a new Biobar feature that could solve this issue .... an option to simply add any of the database searches in Biobar to the default Firefox search box. This would solve the screen real-estate problem and provide a much easier way to add search engines without the need for fiddling with opensearch plugin code directly. Note sure if this is easy/possible, but it would be nice.<br/><br/>(Incidently, when you say "customize Biobar", do you mean editing BiobarGroups.xml and/or BiobarSearch.xml inside biobar.jar, or is there a way to do it from within the running extension itself which I haven't discovered ?) Mostly it’s about screen real-estate (every little toolbar on a 15″ laptop screen adds up to very little space for actual content). I still use Biobar, but I leave it hidden most of the time and use the opensearch box for the databases I most frequently search, and only open Biobar for the ones I rarely use.

One idea for a new Biobar feature that could solve this issue …. an option to simply add any of the database searches in Biobar to the default Firefox search box. This would solve the screen real-estate problem and provide a much easier way to add search engines without the need for fiddling with opensearch plugin code directly. Note sure if this is easy/possible, but it would be nice.

(Incidently, when you say “customize Biobar”, do you mean editing BiobarGroups.xml and/or BiobarSearch.xml inside biobar.jar, or is there a way to do it from within the running extension itself which I haven’t discovered ?)

]]> By: Text http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Text Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:25:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/#comment-39 I can't see why you want separate search plugins for each database? The nice thing about Biobar is that you can customize it your self, just remove or add any database that can be formulated as a web-address. I can’t see why you want separate search plugins for each database? The nice thing about Biobar is that you can customize it your self, just remove or add any database that can be formulated as a web-address.

]]> By: Pedro Beltrão http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Pedro Beltrão Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:00:00 +0000 http://blog.pansapiens.com/2007/07/19/searching-biological-databases-from-the-firefox-search-bar/#comment-38 Just a note to say that it looks ok in Google Reader. I get the same feeling about Blogger. It is aways behind the curve. Just a note to say that it looks ok in Google Reader. I get the same feeling about Blogger. It is aways behind the curve.

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