Using "I'm feeling lucky" as default search engine in Firefox

Firefox is an open source web browser. According to StatCounter Global Stats, the global usage share of Firefox was 26.39% in October 2011. I think most people feel familiar about this software. For me, I am a fan of Firefox, and I have been using it as my default browser since Firefox 2. The most important advantage of Firefox is the variability. Firefox contains a lot of add-ons that improve the using experience, and many settings are variable for users.

The location bar is also a search bar. It can search for history, bookmark, even on web. However, a search box is next to the location bar. I think that the function of search bar is too similar with the location bar so I make a little change of the location bar. The default search engine of the location bar is google, and I changed it to "I'm feeling lucky", and I strongly suggest you to change.

Why should you change the search engine to "I'm feeling lucky"?

"I'm feeling lucky" is a service of google, it suggest one most possible website that you may want to visit when you search a keyword. It makes lots of convenience on searching websites. For example, if I want to visit "www.facebook.com", what I need to do is search "facebook" in the location bar, and then, it will automatically connect to facebook website. Mostly, "I'm feeling lucky" can direct us to the right website. This can save us a lot of time.

How do I change the default search engine to "I'm feeling lucky"?

1. Launch Firefox, first.

2. Type "about:config" in the location bar. Then the browser will ask your permission to change the settings. Click "I'll be careful, I promise!", of course.

3.  Then, search "keyword.url" in the filter, and double click the "keyword.url" in below.

4. After that, enter this URL, and click OK.

http://www.google.com/search?btnI&q=

5. Finally, you have the smartest location bar in Firefox.

Google plus invitation

I'm lucky to join google plus. I have plenty of invitations. I would like to share. :D
Follow me on twitter @tweejoe if you want to know more information.


UPDATE:

There is a good news. Google plus don't need invitation to invite people anymore. All you need is a link only. Luckily, I can share a link with a limit of 150 people register. Here is a link:
https://plus.google.com/i/J7G1z0d6zEI:o4VEic7pfcw

I don't know when will this link be unavailable. If you are interesting in google plus, just click the link.

Finally, hope you guys have a great time with google plus, and if you don't mind, add me into your circle.

Configure the proxy server of google chrome independently

I think many people need to use proxy server form time to time, and it's not bothering to set proxy server once in a while, even though there are different ways in different browsers. Browsers like firefox or opera have indepedent proxy server settings which means that the proxy server we set is limited to the specific browser.

Unfortunately, when we try to congifure the proxy server of google chrome, we will find that google chrome uses the same proxy server setting with IE. In fact, that is not a big deal if we don't need to change proxy setting very often. However, what if we need to use different proxy settings for different websites? Wow, that would be very troublesome! The easy solution is that we can use firefox for A proxy setting, and opera for B setting, and IE for C setting. Well, this solution is good, but not good enough. Here, I'm going to tell a easiest way to solve the problem.

What we need is google chrome. Wait! Did I just say google chrome uses the same proxy setting with IE? Yes, definitely yes, but it didn't mean that google chrome can't use its own proxy setting. This function is hidden. To do this, we have to set up a shortcut in the desktop first, and then set the target of the shortcut. Just add:

--proxy-server=proxy server:port

For example, if the proxy server is 1.2.3.4, and the port is 8080, and what I have to do is add "--proxy-server=1.2.3.4:8080" in the end of the target.

After we do so, we will use the 1.2.3.4 proxy sever every time we start up chrome with this shortcut. Is that amazing? I think it is. So, if we use different proxy servers for different websites, we can just set different shortcut for specific website.

Still, good is never good enough. This method only solves the problem of changing different proxy settings every time, but we aren't able to use different proxy servers at the same time. That is a little pity.
 

UPDATE:
There is an easier way to use independent proxy in chrome. Install this extension called "proxy switchy" on google chrome. It can help us switch proxy easily during surfing on the internet with chrome. Honestly, I haven't tried it. This method was provide by anonymous in the comment. Thank you, whoever you are.

Install rmvb codec for kmplayer

Kmplayer is a media player from korea. It contains many video codec but rmvb. Therefore, we have to install it by ourself.

First, download and install kmplayer from the official website.

Then, download and install the rmvb codec.

Extract the files and copy the four .dll files to the path of C:\program files(x86)\The Kmplayer which is the default installed path of Kmplayer.

Congratulation! It's done. Enjoy the movie!