If you use Firefox, you know there’s a handy little web search box in the top-right corner. And hopefully you know that you can press the Ctrl+K shortcut combination (on Windows) to put focus in the search box. You hit Enter to run the search in the current tab or Alt+Enter to run the search in a new tab. But did you know that you can press Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down to change the target search engine?
Derek Hatchard writes on the theme of "improving experiences" which includes managing technology, user experiences,
life hacking, and some business related stuff. Derek has a
software development blog at ardentdev.com and a product review
site at wellrated.com. He is a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) at Radian6, a salesforce.com company. All views expressed are
his alone (or those of any guest writers) and do not represent the views of Radian6 or salesforce.com.


I did not know this! Thanks man – you’ve just saved me 1-2 seconds x 100 times per day!