I went to AskTom to add the site’s search engine to my Firefox’s Search Bar but too bad the search engine link was broken:

So, I went ahead and created a new AskTom search engine plugin.

If you are browsing this page in Firefox 2 or above or IE7 or above, click here to install the AskTom […]

Tom Johnson has a list of twenty usability tips for your blog. Does your blog follow these principles that distinguish good blogs from poor ones? I believe that mine does. Here is why. My blog:

Has a tag line that clearly identifies the topic of the blog: News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle, ColdFusion and […]

It’s the season of stumbling:

StumbleUpon, in its most recent toolbar, introduced a new feature called StumbleThru, which allows users to stumble through pages on a specific web site. Google introduced a recommendations button that you can add to the Google toolbar. The button looks like a pair of dice. Every time you click on the dice, […]

Since the introduction of the first Oracle search plugins for Firefox, a few things have changed:

Mozilla upgraded Firefox to version 2. Microsoft upgraded Internet Explorer to version 7. And Google released the Custom Search Engine.

So, what does this have to do with search plugins? Read on and you will know:

What’s new in IE7 and Firefox 2 […]

Last month, Oracle removed the authentication requirement from its documentation libraries. Since then, OTN membership is no longer required for accessing the Oracle documentation.

Yesterday, Justin announced that a new way for searching the documentation has just gone live.

For example, to see the new Oracle Docs search in action, here is the search result for “merge”.

Check […]

By using the following two plugins, I was able to increase the page views on my blog by almost fifty percent. If you have a WordPress blog and don’t use these two plugins, you’re missing on features that can make your blog more useful and help your readers find your old posts a lot easier.

Ultimate […]

Similar to my other two Firefox search plugins (found here and here), I have now created a plugin to search Metalink (as promised). You can download it from here.

Note that you need to login to Metalink in order to get results. Once logged in - and as long as you do not exit your […]

Even though the “Format results into a virtual book” has always been an option for displaying Oracle documentation search results, I have never paid attention to it until Tom Kyte mentioned it in his latest podcast. After trying out this option a couple of times, I noticed that it could easily be converted to a […]

Up in the top right corner of Firefox, there’s a handy search box that puts search engines at your fingertips. When you download Firefox, a number of searches (like Google, Yahoo, and Ebay) are included but you can easily add more.

Because I find myself quite frequently using tahiti.oracle.com to search the Oracle documentation, I created […]

I like WordPress. I used to be a big Blogger.com fan, in fact, I still have my old blogspot blog. But, since I moved to WordPress, I realized how limited Blogger.com was and how amazing WordPress is. The fact that you can extend WordPress with the use of plugins, makes this blogging package even more […]