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How to add thumbnail previews of websites when you use Google search in Firefox

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Using the Firefox Add-on GooglePreview, you can have thumbnails displayed next to each search result for both Google and Yahoo.

GooglePreview firefox plugin in action
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GooglePreview installs the same way most other Firefox add-ons do, and you’ll have to restart Firefox for it to take effect.

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By Ross McKillop – April 27, 2008

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  1. Ben Frey says

    There’s an extension much better than this. It’s called BetterSearch and it gives you thumbnail previews of not just Google, but Yahoo!, MSN, del.icio.us and lots more. GooglePreview is waaaay too limited.

    April 30, 2008, 4:03 pm
  2. شراف says

    tiflet

    February 21, 2009, 7:18 am

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