search multiple sites via keyword

[notsgnik]

if you add the localhost to the sites allowed to create popups it works. I don't know how that'll affect other popups, though.

[9983]

i added "about:blank" as allowed to open pop-ups. i always start my searches from a blank tab.

[9983]

Now I have a keyword search set up to mimic the service offered by campusi.com. It is used to find books from various sites. Suppose I want to search for 3 different books; this would result in 15 new tabs, 5 for each book searched. Would it be possible for each of the 3 searches to launch a new window, so that I would have 3 new windows, each containing 5 tabs?

[9983]

Or could I make each search result in one new tab, but have that tab split horizontally into the five different pages I searched?

[Frank Lion]

Grrr, where's Fats when you need him? I know this is an old thread, but it gives all the background to my question.

Question - this :-

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javascript:void(window.open('http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s'));void(window.open('http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s'));void(window.open('http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ns0=1&search=%s'))

Gives a blank tab the first time you use it, then works fine ('just fine' for US readers) the next time I do it...then blank tab, then searches all 3 OK ...and so on. Popups have been allowed for all 3 search sites. Error console shows no related errors.

Fats, wtf!

[fallout33]

[...] if you add the localhost to the sites allowed to create popups it works. I don't know how that'll affect other popups, though. [...]

When I click on the info icon about a blocked popup -> "Edit pop-up Blocker Options..." -> "Address of web site:" and enter localhost, the popups are still blocked.

[...] i added "about:blank" as allowed to open pop-ups. i always start my searches from a blank tab. [...]

Adding about:blank to the list of allowed popup sites is not possible because only the word about is stored and :blank cut off.


Only when I enter the quicksearch keyword, then the search term, press return (now pop-ups are blocked), focus the address bar and press return again, the appropriate tabs open.