{"id":6754,"date":"2011-06-01T18:51:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T18:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.428"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:04:37","slug":"exploring-social-search-with-twitter-address-bar-search-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/labs\/2011\/06\/exploring-social-search-with-twitter-address-bar-search-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring social search with Twitter Address Bar Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please download Firefox 4<\/a> to watch the WebM video.<\/p>\n

Full-size video (0:52) download: webm<\/a> (6mb) and ogv<\/a> (5mb)<\/p>\n

Transcript:<\/p>\n

As part of the Prospector<\/a> exploration, Twitter has worked with us to develop a new Firefox add-on, Twitter Address Bar Search<\/a>, to explore ways to jump straight to the web page that you want. Along the same ideas behind AwesomeBar HD<\/a>, instead of first doing a general web search, you can now easily focus on finding messages and users on Twitter.<\/p>\n

If a billboard for Firefox mentions “@firefox”, I don’t need to bother typing in http:\/\/www<\/tt>. Instead, I just type @firefox<\/a> directly into the address bar and hit enter. And I’m now ready to find out more about Firefox.<\/p>\n

The add-on also allows me to instantly check up on what people are talking about for a #hashtag topic like #firefox<\/a>. Or if I just want to search through Tweets, I can select Twitter for the search box. And if I’ve previously done a search in the Twitter app tab, it lights up to let me know that new Tweets are available.<\/p>\n

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Searching for a #hashtag from the address bar<\/p><\/div>\n

You can try out Twitter Address Bar Search<\/b><\/a> on Firefox 4<\/a> including Firefox for Android<\/a>! You don\u2019t even need to restart Firefox to begin playing around. You can also check out the official announcement on The Mozilla Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have a couple questions for you:<\/p>\n