Twootles Search For Firefox

The folks over at Twootles have put together something handy: A page that combines a Google search with a Twitter search. Except they didn't provide a Firefox add-on for their search engine.

So I took the 38 seconds required to make the xml file for this. If I get less lazy I could create an installer and all that, but I'd rather Twootles did that themselves, as well as add the little 16x16 image to go with it.

For now, to install the search, just do the following:

  1. Download the xml file. (Right click, save as.)
  2. Save this file in your searchplugins directory. PC users try C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins. Mac users try Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/searchplugins.
  3. Restart Firefox.

If I screwed up and you run into problems, just let me know below.

Update: The Twiogle folk(s?) who have an almost identical search engine have created a Firefox extension equivalent. It's actually a prime example of the value in paying a little attention to Twitter. They noticed my dismay at what Twootles was missing and integrated it into his own product. Ben in the comments has a link to the extension download.

Comments

you could also do this with this firefox extension. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12176

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