Power up Internet Explorer 7

For years Internet Explorer users have searched documents using the CTRL+F find feature. However, there was one major problem. Scrolling through those endless words, click after click, was enough to make you want to eat your own face.

Then along came Firefox, which introduced the notion of ‘Inline Searching’ to the mainstream. Unlike its sound-a-like “inline skating”, Inline Searching won’t make you look like a victim of the 1980s.

It works by highlighting every instance of the word you are searching for on the page, making words and phrases much easier to find.

Now the clever guys at IEforge have released a plug-in for Internet Explorer, so you can couple Inline Searching with the new great features such as RSS Feeds storage and multiple tabs.

When you have installed the plug-in, just hit CTRL+F to bring up the new search box at the bottom of the Internet Explorer window. Now when you search for a word, all matches will be highlighted in yellow.

To demonstrate the power of Inline Search, here is a quick before and after:

BEFORE:

Days of people’s lives have been lost hunting for information using the old search feature.

AFTER:

Inline Search allows you to see all matches at once, highlighted in bright yellow.