gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » clear search http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:32:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Automatically Clear The Firefox Search Barhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/01/automatically-clear-the-firefox-search-bar/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/01/automatically-clear-the-firefox-search-bar/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:37:28 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=16843 firefoxFirefox users have quite a few ways to perform searches without visiting the website of a search engine first. The most common option is the search bar that is displayed by default in one of the Firefox toolbars. Another option is to enter the search term in the Firefox address bar.

The former method is probably more convenient for most users. Some users however do have a problem with the way the search form keeps the search phrase in its form after the search has been performed. This is a privacy issue for some users who prefer that their previous search is not displayed in the Firefox toolbar.

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The Firefox add-on Clear Search offers a solution by cleaning the Firefox search form whenever a search was performed in the web browser. This is also helpful for Linux users using Linux’s highlight and paste shortcut according to the developer of the add-on.

Clear Search is an experimental search add-on that is compatible with all versions of Firefox 3. It can be downloaded and installed from the Mozilla website.

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