One of the nice things about writing a weblog is that it becomes a useful resource full of your thoughts and ideas over time–a searchable diary, of sorts. I realized this when I went back to search for something I had written about some time ago and it occurred to me: why not be able to search from my browser the same way I use Firebird to search Google or Dictionary.com? A quick Google search turned up some code to do exactly this.

You, too, can search Our Story right from Mozilla Firebird (and you are using Mozilla Firebird, aren’t you?). Just click the link under the Search box labeled “Search with Firebird.” The link will download and automatically install the search plugin for your browser. Once that’s completed, you can use the handy search box located in the top of the browser window to search this site.

More information:

* Asa Dotzler: finally! searching made easy
* Mark Paschal: Search your weblog with Mozilla

If you’re feeling energetic, you may also want to check out our Templates page to help you integrate such a search into your own Movable Type powered site. Modifications were made to our incSearch and JavaScript templates. A new template, fbSearchPlugin, was added which actually contains the plugin code.