Windows Search Guide in IE7

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

game kid — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:39:09 GMT

Interesting, you guys re-formatted the list and even got the Google logo (curiously absent the last time I checked, among one or two others).

I can also confirm that "Create Your Own" works, after trying it with a big video site recently bought by a big search/ad-banner company...

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Mark Sowul — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:47:09 GMT

That's great that you added the "create your own" feature. I was using Tweak UI to do it.

One I like to use is for articles in the knowledge base. http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;TEST

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vvas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:23:04 GMT

why didn't u implement self-blankness of the search bar after the quiry was executed? it's annoying having strings like "hot-lolitos" hanging at my eyes level when i found what i'd been looking for. and yet why there is no option like "open query results in a new tab" or something? hope u listen to community, men

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Tom Classick — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:25:56 GMT

Jane, you seem like a nice person and I don't know where else to go, so here's my question. When I try to access Google through IE7 I am unable and the curser reads 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.' The same happens with ESPN although all other sites (20-30) no problem. Am I doomed?

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Tom Classick — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:28:43 GMT

Forgot to tell you, I am on a wireless connection.

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Bruce Morgan [MSFT] — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:05:27 GMT

@vvas: The search term isn't cleared so you can easily search for the same term using a different provider via the dropdown.

To open search results in a new tab, press Alt+Enter after entering your search term. Alt+Enter also works in the address bar to open the typed address in a new tab.

This and many other shortcuts are listed on the about:tabs page (expand the "Show more tab shortcuts" item)and blogged here: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/19/new-quick-reference-sheet-posted-to-the-ie7-site.aspx

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Phylyp — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:07:03 GMT

Question: when I visit some sites (e.g. Wikipedia), the dropdown next to the search button gets an orange glow. I see that there is a temporary new addition to the search providers dropdown.

Can we have a little more detail on this please? What does it take for a site to expose such a search functionality to IE7? How can I implement it on my webapp/intranet pages?

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:28:39 GMT

@Tom Classick:

Have you tried clearing your IE cache? Also, make sure you try the Google homepage: www.google.com .

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Dave Sussman — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:38:39 GMT

Here's something that needs looking at; if you start IE7 with the -nohome command line parameter the search doesn't work. Create any page/tab, even about:blank, and it works. Very annoying.

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Bas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:46:09 GMT

Phylyp,

Aaron posted about that a while ago. It's a matter of adding a <link> element that points to your search description file. Look for 'search discovery' here: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/02/07/527266.aspx

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dazzle — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:47:03 GMT

You can also create and manage your own search plugins at http://www.searchplugins.net

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Bas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:19 GMT

By the way, for a future release/update, I'd like to see the 'open in new tab' arrow that you get when hovering over a favorites item implemented in more places, like in RSS feeds, History, and in the search dropdown menu.

I can't seem to find a way now to open your search results in a new tab if you want to use a different search provider than the currently selected one. ALT+ENTER opens it in a new tab but uses the currently selected search provider, but when selecting a different search provider from the dropdown it automatically starts the search, in the current tab.

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bettaccini ugo — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:15:56 GMT

It is interesting this blog about Windows Search Guide in IE7 and how to add own search provider (...search for TEST..).

If it is possible to ask IE7 Team member for Add a button to customize Toolbars for translate text and Web Page from English to Italian (or other language).

Best Regard

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Bas — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:03:41 GMT

A babelfish add-on, eh? That's not a bad idea for the contest.

Oops.

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Arieta — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:16:12 GMT

Is there a way to add search providers without having to go to the Microsoft site? It would be appriciated.

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Søren Johannessen — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:24:03 GMT

I did for some months (feb. 11th 2006) ago wrote a danish localized guide with the topic "How to create your own danish search engine plugin for IE 7.0 beta "

http://www.ae35-unit.dk/iesearch/ (only in danish)

I made some plugins for danish Libraries, Wikipedia (danish), danish dictionaries, MSN Search (danish) etc.

It's was simple to use the OpenSearch formats to creating a plugin

http://opensearch.a9.com/

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krishna — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:31:52 GMT

This feature is really great and useful. Was thinking why this wasnt there in the previous versions! Thanks a lot guys

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William Tan — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:26:25 GMT

Speaking of search... http://IDNSearch.Net provides a collaborative directory of IDN examples which is great for demonstrating IE7's IDN capabilities.

I need to create a search provider just like I did for Firefox too..

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Dominic Self — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:19:49 GMT

The 'Create Your Own' feature is fantastic and I've already used it to add sites such as Urban Dictionary which are not *quite* mainstream enough to feature on default lists. Thanks!

IE Team Podcast

Jeremiah Owyang — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:51:29 GMT

Tony,

Thanks man. Have you heard the podcast interview that Martin and I did of the IE7 product team? last week?

Check it out here:

http://tinyurl.com/ya2l2s

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Ralph — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:22:25 GMT

Are there limitations to the

window.external.AddSearchProvider('openSearchXMLPage');

method?

I'm trying to get this to work, but not having luck.

1.) I'm calling it on an input button's click.

2.) The domain is the same as the page calling it.

3.) ?anything else I need?

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Andy H — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:03:54 GMT

When you run I.E.7 for the first time it asks you whether you want to keep your existing search provider. If you say yes, you're given the MS offering, regardless of which search engine was being used previously. Someone who, for example, uses the Google toolbar is going to expect that this means Google will be the search provider.

How on earth did this get past basic testing? The wording needs changing.

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Jane [MSFT] — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:15:05 GMT

@ Ralph

What's the problem you are seeing?

Here is an example of how I use window.external.AddSearchProvider:

<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Live Search"

onClick='window.external.AddSearchProvider("LiveSearch.xml");'>

LiveSearch.xml needs to be located in the same folder, or you can specify the path to the xml file: http://jane/files/LiveSearch.xml

Hope this helps.

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Lucho G — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:25:10 GMT

I have a funny one for you. Using Firefox as default browser, launch IE7, click the "find more providers" from the search box. Now watch the page being loaded in Firefox.

Search and Find boxes

Ed — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:50:35 GMT

Is there a way to remove the search box? I'm already using a toolbar so it's kinda redundant.

Also, it would be nice if the Find box could move out of the way if it is over text you are seaching for, as this inevitably happens to me everytime I search text.

OR even better, allow you to use the Search box as a Find box. That would actually be nifty.

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

EricLaw [MSFT] — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:59:43 GMT

@Ed: At http://enhanceie.com, you can find a tweak to remove the search box. You can also find a great inline Find Addon.

garbage start page

katarina katz — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:09:04 GMT

ie7 won't start at my home page - it always starts with the ie7 welcome page. i only installed ie7 tonight & i am already just about ready to uninstall it. i want it to start on the page i choose, not some piece of crap you guys might want to force me to see

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Jane [MSFT] — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:30:19 GMT

@ Katarina

Try going through the steps on the IE7 Welcome page (selecting the search provider, continuing a tour or not).

After you complete all the steps, the home page should load every time you open a new instance of IE.

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Eric A. Duncan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:31:38 GMT

For many many years I've been one to first edit the registry to get my "prefix" search working in IE. For example, "g Xbox 360" would immediately redirect to google and search for Xbox 360.

Then TweakUI for Xp came out, and made it even easier (a nice GUI to do it).

The cool thing about IE7 is that it will search without having the prefix. You don't have to enter anything in the SearchBox. Instead, enter at least two words in the URL area and hit Enter. IE7 will use your default provider and search for those terms.

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Chris Hester — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:36:35 GMT

I could not add a new default search engine when I installed IE7 at home. I got a JavaScript error, and the form stopped me from entering any text. I have documented this, along with other niggles you guys might want to look at, in my post called <a href="http://www.designdetector.com/link/to/installing-ie7-final/">Installing IE7 Final</a>.

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Natalie — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:19:20 GMT

I have the same problem with always starting at IE7 start page. I have been through all the steps you told Katrina, over and over again. I selected my search engine,etc. but still get the same start page. I do not want to go through this every time I use ie7. How can I stop it?

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Grisu — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:15:42 GMT

What I miss in this feature is to configure the Search.

E.g. at the Google Search, I am led to google.de instead of google.at as I leave in Austria.

I would like to have the ability to customize my searches:

URL, number of results a.s.o. would be nice to have.

Best regards

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zi — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:43:26 GMT

can ie7 be used with (w2k) windows 2000?

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david — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:53:32 GMT

I want an option that removes the live search box. I do not want it to come up at all. Also, can you let me move the address bar down to the “file edit view” row. It is easy to do this in ie6.

Thanks,

david

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Rob — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:21:41 GMT

I have followed the following document to create a custom adm with four perviders

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918238

There is one typo [string] should be [strings]

But all i get when I add this is the last one of the four being added to IE

POLICY !!PopulateSearchProviderList

#if version >= 4

SUPPORTED !!SUPPORTED_IE7

#endif

EXPLAIN !!IE_Explain_PopulateSearchProviderList

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes"

VALUENAME Version

VALUEON NUMERIC 1

ACTIONLISTON

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{3A2F4E12-4D69-498D-AF31-E41FF7A0EC42}"

VALUENAME DisplayName VALUE "BBC"

VALUENAME URL VALUE "http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=all&edition=d&q={searchTerms}&go=Search"

END ACTIONLISTON

VALUEON NUMERIC 1

ACTIONLISTON

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{64375051-D089-423A-BE58-3FF1F5E52935}"

VALUENAME DisplayName VALUE "Open Directory"

VALUENAME URL VALUE "http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search={searchTerms}"

END ACTIONLISTON

VALUEON NUMERIC 1

ACTIONLISTON

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{45A2CEC9-BF83-40A4-869F-D4E69D6FE1E6}"

VALUENAME DisplayName VALUE "Wikipedia (English)"

VALUENAME URL VALUE "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{searchTerms}"

END ACTIONLISTON

VALUEON NUMERIC 1

ACTIONLISTON

KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{6A24DD49-0903-40A7-837B-3A84AAB0FFFA}"

VALUENAME DisplayName VALUE "Google UK"

VALUENAME URL VALUE "http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q={searchTerms}&btnG=Search&meta="

END ACTIONLISTON

END POLICY

Could you explane what im not quite understanding from the documentation to get this to work

Thanks

Rob

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Jon — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:41:54 GMT

Ok, I am obviously the only one having this problem. When i do a search and try to click on the particular link, IE7 redirects me, every time to some where els. Can someone help me out?

re: Windows Search Guide in IE7

Jane [MSFT] — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:10:53 GMT

@zi IE7 is compatible with Windows XP and Server 2003.

For more information, please go to www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx