Comments on: Add Ping to Address Bar in Firefox and Opera http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-282770 Martin Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:16:35 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-282770 Mutant a ping abot 100ms is normally very bad unless you are on a slow connection Mutant a ping abot 100ms is normally very bad unless you are on a slow connection

]]> By: Marc-O http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280768 Marc-O Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280768 verified. On opera, right click on the textbox, select "create search", and add the "ping" keyword. verified. On opera, right click on the textbox, select “create search”, and add the “ping” keyword.

]]> By: Mutant http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280681 Mutant Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:33:28 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280681 I did try it out.It worked for ghacks.net and it gave me the following result. "Average time over 10 pings: 130.8 ms" but how to interpret it? I did try it out.It worked for ghacks.net and it gave me the following result.

“Average time over 10 pings: 130.8 ms”

but how to interpret it?

]]> By: Marc-O http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280647 Marc-O Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:11:24 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280647 I think a simpler way to add this to opera is to load the page, right-click the textbox and select something like "create custom search", and then simply add "ping" to the keyword command. It's one of my favorite opera functionnality (custom search). So much as it render the google search box useless... Actually, it's directly the google philosophy, in the browser: just one textbox... (I haven't tested yet, but I will tonight) I think a simpler way to add this to opera is to load the page, right-click the textbox and select something like “create custom search”, and then simply add “ping” to the keyword command.

It’s one of my favorite opera functionnality (custom search). So much as it render the google search box useless… Actually, it’s directly the google philosophy, in the browser: just one textbox…

(I haven’t tested yet, but I will tonight)

]]> By: Mike http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280638 Mike Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:40:58 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/18/add-ping-to-address-bar-in-firefox-and-opera/#comment-280638 Could not get this to work. I'm using Firefox 3b4 and I added the URL to my bookmarks with the Ping tag. When I type ping in my address bar the site comes up but it won't attach the domain I type after it to the end of the ping service's url. Any ideas? Could not get this to work. I’m using Firefox 3b4 and I added the URL to my bookmarks with the Ping tag. When I type ping in my address bar the site comes up but it won’t attach the domain I type after it to the end of the ping service’s url. Any ideas?

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