If using your mouse slows you down then this is for you. Hit some keys and presto your page appears. For example, let’s say you want to do a google search for “philosophy of time”. Instead of clicking your way to google and typing it in, how about hitting two keys and entering the search text like this…
Ctrl-L g philosophy of time <enter>
up comes the search results!
Now, don’t say I never gave you anything. 
clipped from lifehacker.comIf you’re using Firefox, first things first: You need to install the OpenBook Firefox extension.
Once you’ve installed OpenBook, go to Tools -> Extensions and open your OpenBook options.
check the Keyword textbox, which will allow you to create keyword shortcuts on the fly.
I like to give all of my favorite web sites a one or two letter keyword. The process is very simple, but just because I like holding hands (I’m 6th grade that way), it might go a little something like this:
You visit http://lifehacker.com and find out it’s got your most favorite content in all the world. You don’t want to have to type in that whole address thirty times every day, so instead you hit Ctrl-D (replace Ctrl with Cmd on Macs), type in a keyword of ‘l’ and hit enter. Now anytime you’re ready to visit Lifehacker, you’ll hit Ctrl-L (the keyboard shortcut for the address bar), type, ‘l’, and hit Enter. Easy, right?
Of course, first letters run out quickly, so
