"Todd Gruhn" <tgruhn2@mail.com>  wrote:
 > What I am thinking of is a widget that can be configured
 > for several search engines, and any number of search terms.
 > You click on a search engine, highlight a set of serch terms, click on "GO", and it sends the mess out to the
 > respective SE.

You should just use opera5.  It has this built in. Well, sort of.

It has a text field into which you paste your search term, and a drop
down on which you can choose your search engine. you can configure it
all...