Chrome features in Firefox


  1. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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    Chrome features in Firefox


    Google Chrome has a neat little feature where highlighting text spawns a popup, allowing you a quick launch to Google search, and Wikipedia relating to what you highlighted.




    Anyone know how I can do this in Firefox?
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  2. Posts : 4,663
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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    Yes. It's called FasterFox.

    If you go to tools>addons>get addons you'll get to an FF webpage full of addons.
    You just find it and click install.

    There are currently many more addons for Firefox than Chrome, though that's changing rapidly.

    Hope this helps, John:)
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  3. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64
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    Had to go with FastestFox, as FasterFox isn't compatible with 3.5.7.

    But I did get what I wanted, so thanks.
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  4. Posts : 38
    Win 7 Pro x64
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    Diesel said:
    Google Chrome has a neat little feature where highlighting text spawns a popup, allowing you a quick launch to Google search, and Wikipedia relating to what you highlighted.

    Anyone know how I can do this in Firefox?
    Actually, no add-on required for the Google search part. As long as Google is your default search engine, you can highlight some text, right click, and one of the resulting menu options is "Search Google for <highlighted text>" Don't know of of way to do the same for Wikipedia, however.
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    i heard a rumor circulating around that chrome was like a looking glass for the government. any truth to this?
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