May 28, 2011
Quickly browse the latest news from Reddit, that particular book you’re looking for or answers to your Ubuntu problems. Ubuntu’s new Unity interface features Lenses, which can put a variety of different searches just a quick click or a keyboard shortcut away. The “Lens” concept is new to Ubuntu’s Unity interface. By default Ubuntu includes two lenses, found in the launcher: one for applications and another for programs.
May 9, 2011
We’ve seen quite a few interesting tools that could allow us to make the most of and get more productive with our browsing history: here are 4 Firefox addons to search and record browsing history and here’s another guide on how to record and print out browsing history on Firefox and Internet Explorer.
FromWhereToWhere is another way to dig into your browsing history and structure it in some way.
May 7, 2011
We regularly find and share various search tools that allow you to discover new search experiences and become search-savvier. Today’s Firefox addon is a great example of how tools can make searching much more fun. Boounce is a new tool that is aimed at making you more search efficient. It lets you easily jump between various search engines and discover more topical search databases.
May 5, 2011
Quickly find the exact RSS feed you’re looking for. Whether it’s a feed for a blog or a hard-to-find podcast, ctrlQ is the cleanest RSS search engine we’ve ever seen. It also sports a lot of advanced features, making finding even obscure feeds a snap. We’ve highlighted a number of RSS search engines in the past, but none as clean as ctrlQ.org.
April 24, 2011
Google has the market right now, but some people are a little disgruntled with search results. Will Google’s purely algorithm-based search stay ahead of the emerging alternatives? Will Bing ever come out on top? Tell us in our reader poll.
April 21, 2011
Surfing the web comes down to performing search engine queries and then clicking on links to check if the site has the answers that you want. I’ve used the Google preview option before, but never really found the time to really dig into how much time the right page preview solution could save. That is, until I discovered CoolPreview.
April 9, 2011
Quite some time ago we reviewed a little Firefox-based search helper called Kikin which has now turned into an awesome multi-feature tool with lots of functionality. When you have it installed you will see tiny buttons to the right of your browser screen. The buttons are broken up into two sections: permanent and dynamic.
March 24, 2011
Yahoo launched a competitor to Google Instant this week called Search Direct, which aims to provide searchers with instant answers for their searches where possible. Search Direct has begun with 15 categories of instant answers, but hopes to expand to hundreds of categories in the near future. Yahoo intends to focus on delivering the answer directly to the user, rather than supplying a list of links which the user then has to click on.
February 20, 2011
Last week, we asked readers to let us know how you keep track of your passwords. It seems most MakeUseOf readers are using LastPass (or Xmarks, which will soon be integrated into LastPass). Out of 674 votes, we had this breakdown: 34% use LastPass/Xmarks; 16% use KeePass or KeePass X; 11% use the same password [...]
January 24, 2011
It is always fun to discover new great tools people can use to search. We have shared quite a few of them already, including tools that let you quickly jump to other search engines after you search Google, plugins that support search suggestions and Firefox addons that let you search faster than Google Instant. Today’s [...]
