Adding mylot search engine to Firefox 4 (Linux)

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Using the mylot search directly from Firefox was discussed just a couple of days ago, but the solution therein didn't work in Firefox 4 on Linux. Here is a working solution. It should work for Windows users as well. Warning: you might have to connect to the Internet as "root" in order to have the correct permissions. That is quite dangerous, so do it quick and get out fast! Adding the mylot search to Firefox has been discussed before, and I found the answer through a mylot search. But as you know the mylot search engine can be quite frustrating, and I have been unable to find that particular discussion again. Therefore, I cannot give credit to the original poster. You need to go to this page: http://www.scriptsocket.com/cgi-bin/firefoxplugins/generate.cgi Fill in the form with these values: Name: mylot Description: Search with mylot Version: (default or whatever you want) Domain URL: http://www.mylot.com Action URL: http://search.mylot.com/search.aspx Method GET Icon/Image: (You have to supply this so have it ready beforehand!) Search input: t=web&k Optional Inputs: (blank) Then click on the "Generate Firefox Search Plugin" button. After the page has refreshed, (it looks almost the same!) click on the "Install 'mylot' Firefox Search Plugin" link that is rather oddly placed above the form! Follow the usual instructions and you will then have a working mylot search. Finally check the file ownership and permissions to ensure that it will work under your user account. Happy searching!