Create a bookmark giving the full url of the proxy server and where you wish to pass the url place %s, give the bookmark a keyword, such as proxy.
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| Bookmark properties |
To use this proxy bookmark, in the address bar type
proxy <url you want to view>
Notes on various technologies and other cool stuff I am playing around with. My own technical stream of consciousness.
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
firefox keyword trick
I was wondering if you could add a proxy server as a new custom search to the address bar of firefox and while it is possible for me to write a few lines in a plugin to do this I found another easier way to do this with bookmarks and keywords.
Create a bookmark giving the full url of the proxy server and where you wish to pass the url place %s, give the bookmark a keyword, such as proxy.
To use this proxy bookmark, in the address bar type
proxy <url you want to view>
Create a bookmark giving the full url of the proxy server and where you wish to pass the url place %s, give the bookmark a keyword, such as proxy.
To use this proxy bookmark, in the address bar type
proxy <url you want to view>
