[Evergreen-catalogers] Firefox Toolbar enhancements, Part 2 & Searching Webby

[Donald Butterworth]

Hi again everyone.

Thanks to Kathy for pointing me to Grace Dunbar's presentation Where have
all the Toolbars Gone? <http://slides.com/graced/deck-7>
I loaded the "Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar" Add-on which she highlights, and
it wraps the bookmarks onto a second line.  I can now create nicely
displayed, one click, bookmarks for Z36.50 Searching, Load MARC Order
Records, and other functions that have a distinct URL.

However, I was disappointed to find that it isn't possible to create a
bookmark for Browse Search and Keyword Search. Function key F3 still
defaults to Advanced Search, but it shares the same URL as Browse &
Keyword. As a cataloger, I use the Browse Search at least as often as the
Advance Search.

What would y'all think of including the following line entries in the
Search dropdown menu?

Search for Patrons
Search for copies by Barcode
Advanced Search
Browse Search
Keyword Search
MARC Expert Search
Numeric search

To create keyboard shortcuts not currently included in Webby, I am
contemplating using the native Firefox Toolbar keyword feature. For
example, by assigning a keyword of "z" to the bookmark "Z39.50 Search", it
is possible to launch the Z39.50 page with 4 keystrokes "Ctrl, L, Z,
Enter". Better still if I can use a macro program to launch it with 1 or 2
keystrokes. Does anybody have a better solution? Any recommendations on
macro programs that play nice with Evergreen? Are there plans to include
more keyboard shortcuts that just haven't been put into place yet?

Inquiring minds want to know,


Don



-- 
Don Butterworth
Collection Management Librarian /
Faculty Associate
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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