[NPMUG] Safari & Firefox search tips

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 From Small Dog:

  	Tip of the Week 	By Matt Klein <mailto:matt at smalldog.com> 	 
  		 
  	

I use Google dozens of times every single day, and not just at work; 
sometimes, though, finding the relevant bit buried in an article or web 
page can slow down your quest for the information you crave.

Safari and Firefox both include a Find function that's invoked by 
pressing Command-F. After landing on a page Google found for you, press 
Command-F and again type the most important word from your Google 
search. The web browser will immediately scroll to the word you searched 
for, making skimming through irrelevant text a thing of the past.

You can press Command-G to find the next instance of your search word on 
that web page, and if you get overzealous using this "find again" 
keyboard shortcut, you can press Shift-Command-G to go to the previous 
instance.

I have to dig deep to remember the time when I went to the local library 
to sift through a card catalog in search of a pile of books that might 
contain the information I needed. While I can't remember the first thing 
I searched for on the internet, I do remember that my first web search 
happened after a morning hockey practice in my middle school advisor's 
office sometime around 1996 or 1997. While I can picture the wallpaper 
in the room, I can't remember which search engine I used.

What was the first thing you searched for? I'd love to publish a few of 
your experiences in a future Tech Tails!


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