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Using Chrome keyword navigation to alleviate keyboard-shortcut deficiencies.
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The Chrome browser has some useful, but limited keybindings—most notably bookmarks. By using the custom search engine feature, we can use keyword navigation to fill in the gaps.

In Chrome, Settings > Preferences, Search > Manage Search Engines.

Add a new entry to 'Other search engines', for example: name, keyword, url Chrome Bookmarks, bm, chrome://bookmarks Chrome Settings, settings, chrome://settings/browser Chrome Keybindings, keys, http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=25799&topic=28652

Hit 'Ctrl-L' to switch focus to the location bar, then type the keyword to navigate.

Bug: The bookmarks keyword comes up blank when the Google Instant Omnibox is checked.

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