I prefer Network Solutions' WHOIS service over others because it appears to be one of the more complete and accurate WHOIS services available. Because I use this WHOIS search service a lot, I decided to put together a quick yet complete search plugin/provider for Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 (as shown in the screen shot to the left).
Add to your Firefox or IE7: Click here to add my Network Solutions WHOIS search provider to your Firefox or IE7.
In fact, building your own search plugin/provider for Firefox and IE is relatively simple. All you need is a small XML file that defines a few details about the provider, and a little JavaScript to trigger the install process. My Network Solutions WHOIS search plugin XML can be found here; note that this XML works for IE7 and Firefox. If you need to Base64 encode an image/x-icon for the provider XML, I suggest using this converter. With regards to the JavaScript that triggers the search plugin installation in the browser (addEngine), take a look at this JavaScript example ...
Add to your Firefox or IE7: Click here to add my Network Solutions WHOIS search provider to your Firefox or IE7.
In fact, building your own search plugin/provider for Firefox and IE is relatively simple. All you need is a small XML file that defines a few details about the provider, and a little JavaScript to trigger the install process. My Network Solutions WHOIS search plugin XML can be found here; note that this XML works for IE7 and Firefox. If you need to Base64 encode an image/x-icon for the provider XML, I suggest using this converter. With regards to the JavaScript that triggers the search plugin installation in the browser (addEngine), take a look at this JavaScript example ...








