Yesterday I amazed to see the OpenDNS’s new feature called Shortcuts. Shortcuts are very simple, similar to bookmarks in your browser. OpenDNS shortcuts let you pair a word with a URL so that when you type that word in your address bar, you’re taken to that website. These shortcuts work regardless of your OS or browser – they are dependent upon your OpenDNS-enabled network. Simply login to your account and setup the shortcuts.
David Ulevitch says,
You can shortcut anything that can be expressed as a URI. I have a shortcut named “call †that interfaces with my VOIP phone and address book, for example. It’s powerful stuff. It makes my address bar actually start doing what I want.
For newbies to OpenDNS, becoming OpenDNS user is the first step. Use the following nameservers in your /etc/resolv.conf
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
OpenDNS also provides the feature to create more advanced shortcuts that contain parameters. Instead of going into any more detail about OpenDNS shortcuts, I’m gonna direct you over to Paul Stamatiou. Paul already has a great post with some screenshots and examples of shortcuts, go check it out.
