CFA/Search-Research/SearchThisPage

« Comparative Feature Analyses
« Search Notes
« Search Research

Current capabilities

• Search on webpage
• Highlight search text on webpage
• Match case of search text on webpage
• Search for text when i start typing (quick find)

Capabilities in other browsers

• Dim background on inline search highlighting - safari
• Match whole word only on search w/in page - opera
• Option to search in current window, local files, internet, web cache - iCab
• Option to search 2 search engines at once - iCab
• Search and replace - omniweb
• Search for regular expressions - omniweb
• Find in all tabs - shiira

Screenshots

Safari - dim background on search

Opera - match whole word only

iCab - search options

OmniWeb - find and replace; regular expressions

Shiira - find in all tabs

Conclusions

• Feedback on safari's new inline search highlighting feature has been very positive, and something not found in an existing firefox extension
• Search and replace functionality could become useful as more people use web forms for wikis and blogging