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Speaking of Firefox
I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple
terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass. Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches, I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. -- 2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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Speaking of Firefox
Keith Nuttle wrote:
I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass. Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches, I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. Is this a feature you found on a particular web site ? Are you referring to some results that came back from a Google search ? Provide a picture link, if it helps establish what you're seeing on the screen, so we can understand the context more precisely. One way to do it, on a particular web site, is to use Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey, and add code whenever that web page is visited. But this requires the skills of a programmer, to gain maximum benefit. People use this for doing stuff, like removing unnecessary decorations or popups from some sites, rendering them more readable. Paul |
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On 12/5/2018 2:57 PM, Paul wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote: I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass.Â* Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches,Â* I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. Is this a feature you found on a particular web site ? Are you referring to some results that came back from a Google search ? Provide a picture link, if it helps establish what you're seeing on the screen, so we can understand the context more precisely. One way to do it, on a particular web site, is to use Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey, and add code whenever that web page is visited. But this requires the skills of a programmer, to gain maximum benefit. People use this for doing stuff, like removing unnecessary decorations or popups from some sites, rendering them more readable. Â*Â* Paul Specific the need arises on Ancestry when looking at DNA matches. When you look at an online tree of a person who is a DNA match, all of the surnames in the Match's tree are listed. This can be quite a few. Rather than search the web presentation for each surname; it would be nice to put your surnames in a search string and it would return hits on all of the surnames in the Match's tree. -- 2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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Speaking of Firefox
Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 12/5/2018 2:57 PM, Paul wrote: Keith Nuttle wrote: I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass. Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches, I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. Is this a feature you found on a particular web site ? Are you referring to some results that came back from a Google search ? Provide a picture link, if it helps establish what you're seeing on the screen, so we can understand the context more precisely. One way to do it, on a particular web site, is to use Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey, and add code whenever that web page is visited. But this requires the skills of a programmer, to gain maximum benefit. People use this for doing stuff, like removing unnecessary decorations or popups from some sites, rendering them more readable. Paul Specific the need arises on Ancestry when looking at DNA matches. When you look at an online tree of a person who is a DNA match, all of the surnames in the Match's tree are listed. This can be quite a few. Rather than search the web presentation for each surname; it would be nice to put your surnames in a search string and it would return hits on all of the surnames in the Match's tree. Does "Save As" "Web Page Complete" work on a site like that ? I'm just trying to think of ways you could scrape the data. The data you want, might not actually be stored in HTML code, but done some other (useless) way. There might be commercial offerings that expose more of the data you seek, but they also require sharing your DNA with them. Maybe slow and steady is the way to go. Paul |
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:29:20 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote:
I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass. Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches, I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. I haven't used it myself, but the "Regex Search" extension should allow you to do this. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/regexsearch/ A basic regex (regular expression) to search for Tom, Dick, or Harry, all in one pass, would look like this Tom|Dick|Harry For help with regex in the Regex Search extension, see https://github.com/Mohd-PH/RegexSearch/blob/master/help.md -- Kind regards Ralph |
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Speaking of Firefox
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 14:29:20 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote: I would like to find an addon that would allow me to search multiple terms at the same time. If I did a search and it returned 100 surnames, I would like to search the returned list for jones, doe, and smith in one pass. Yes I could run individual search for each jones, doe, smith but an addon that would do all three in one pass would be nicer As an example If I do a seas of an online database and it returns 50 different matches, I would like to search the returned matches for for or five specific terms. Could this be used: https://codingislove.com/http-requests-excel-vba/ I never have used it, but it looks interesting. -- Jesper Kaas - |
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