Cool Google Interfaces
Google has always been known for not being the norm. An example is changing the banner image everyday for one event or another. Take today (October 7th) as an example. It is the date that barcodes were invented. They made the banner image a large bar code.
In addition to the logos, they have every language represented for their translation services as well as general search. For most, that would be enough. Not Google. Try this.
Go to Google.com, type Google L337 hit “I’m Feeling Lucky”.
You should see:
Direct Link: http://www.googoth.co.in/
There are a few more listed below. Please remember to go back to the main Google site before try each one:
Search Term: Google Gothic
Direct Link: http://www.googoth.co.in/
Search Term: Google Linux
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/linux
Search Term: Google BSD
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/bsd
Search Term: Google Ewmew
Direct Link:http://www.google.com/intl/xx-elmer/
Search Term: Google Klingon
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/
Search Term: Google Piglatin
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/intl/xx-piglatin/
Search Term: Google Easter Egg
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/Easter/feature_easter.html
Search Term: Google Bork
Direct Link: http://www.google.com/intl/xx-bork/
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10 Timesaver Google Search Tricks
Thanks to TricksHub I would like to repost these 10 Google Search Tricks
| Query | Description | Example |
| define:{word} | To see a word definition | define:Computer |
| ?title:index.of?{file type}{file name} | Search for files that you need | ?title:index.of? mp3 beatles can’t by me love |
| time {city} | Current time of location | time boston |
| {movie name} {city|zip code} | To see movie times for a city. | slumdog millionaire boston |
| {business name} {city|zip code} | To see business listings for a city. | burger king 02116 |
| homes {city|zip code} | To see real estate listings for a city. | homes 02116 |
| {airline} {flight number} | To see flight status for arriving and departing U.S. flights. | united 500 |
| {quantity} {current unit} to {convert to unit} | Convert from one unit to another. Also work on currency. | 1 in to cm |
| {stock ticker symbol} | To see current market data for a given company or fund. | GOOG |
| weather {city|zip code} | To see the 5 day forecast for a city. | weather boston |
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Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
- Drag and drop
- Drag the favicon of any site to your home icon to set it as the home page.
- Drag a hyperlink (or image) to the new tab icon to open the link in a new tab.
- Drag a highlighted word to the search bar (beside the address bar) will bring you to the Google search result page for that word. If you drag the highlighted word to the address bar (and press enter), Firefox will perform a Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” search
- Tab navigationYou can move between your tabs without the aid of your mouse:
- Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
- Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
- Ctrl+1–9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Ctrl + F: Brings up the Find in Page search
- Ctrl + D: Quickly adds a webpage to your bookmarks (the new bookmark goes straight into the main bookmark list)
- Ctrl + K: Moves the cursor straight to the search box
- Ctrl + L: Moves the cursor to the address bar
- Ctrl + W: Closes current tab
- Ctrl + Enter: Insert www and .com to the address bar. If you enter “about” in the address bar and press Ctrl + Enter, the browser will load the “www.about.com” page
- Ctrl + +/- : Increase/decrease the font size
- Spacebar: Page down
- Shift + Spacebar: Page up
- Alt + Home: Takes current tab to your home page
- Alt + Enter: Duplicate the current tab
- Alt + N: Find next in page
- F5: Reloads current page
- Mouse shortcuts
- Ctrl + scroll up/down: Increase/decrease the font size (same as the Ctrl ++/-)
- Click a hyperlink with the middle button (or scrollwheel) opens the link in a new tab
- Shift + scroll up/down: Navigate between the next and previous page
- Bookmark keyword searchIf you set a keyword for your bookmark, you can easily open the bookmark simply by typing the keyword in the address bar.To set keywords for your bookmark, right click the bookmark and select properties. You should see a ‘keyword‘ field where you can enter your keyword.
There are many things that you can drag and drop in Firefox.
In addition to the well known Ctrl + T
pen new tab, Ctrl + N: open new window etc, the following shortcuts are very helpful:
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