...making Linux just a little more fun!
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
If you use Firefox, you're probably addicted to its oh-so-nifty little search bar (how did we ever live without those?) What you may not know, though, is that you can add your own entries to that pull-down list - all you need is a properly-formatted search URL, a bit of XML and maybe a Base64-encoded icon. So, for those of you who want to search LG in the easiest way possible, here it is; save it as '~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/searchplugins/lg.xml', restart Firefox, and enjoy!
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-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *