[Ham-Mac] QRZ or QSL Widget

[Jim Tittsler]

Do you really need a Dashboard widget?  It would be technically easy  
to do, but perhaps tricky to distribute without QRZ.com's permission  
since it would prevent the user from seeing the ads that help support  
the service.  And a widget that copied all the ads would be rather  
large.

If you are using Firefox, you can make a bookmark of the form:
   http://www.qrz.com/callsign/%s

(or substitute the word 'detail' for 'callsign' for the more verbose  
view).  Set the keyword field of the bookmark properties to qrz  You  
will then be able to enter 'qrz zl2ia' in the location bar of Firefox  
and go directly to the appropriate page.

In Opera, you can configure the same feature from Preferences... Search.

If you use Safari, similar functionality can be added with Sogudi.

Similar tricks can be played with Quicksilver, Butler, or LaunchBar  
so that it just takes a couple of keystrokes and the callsign to send  
your browser to the qrz.com page for the desired call, without first  
finding the browser.

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Jim Tittsler  ZL2IA/AI8A    Gisborne                GPG: 0x01159DB6
http://www.qsl.net/7j1ajh/                       QRP/Satellites/APRS
                                              AMSAT-NA/AMSAT-ZL/NZART