In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we look into Federated Search:Windows Vista included the enhanced desktop search feature which helps users to readily locate files, e-mail messages, and other items on their PC . With the release of Windows Search 4.0, the performance of the search tool improved while adding much-needed manageability features for IT.
Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS format. Since it is based on open standards, it becomes very simple to create custom 'search connectors' for your own remote repositories. For example, you can search Flickr or Twitter from within explorer.
There are already few search connectors available for download:
- Neowin Connector (Created by -Hiroshi-, more information)
- Flickr Search Connector
- YouTube Search Connector
- Google News Search Connector
- Google Blogs Search Connector
- Twitter Search Connector
- MSN Search
- Deviant Art Search
The Federated Search feature looks very promising. As more sites add support for OpenSearch, expect to see more search connectors emerging for Windows 7. This is nothing new for Microsoft as OpenSearch has already been implemented in Internet Explorer 7(& above) and SharePoint Search.
There is no official documentation yet, but it is believed there will be a Windows 7 Beta SDK released once the beta is officially available later this week.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft....go-beyond-local
Didn't notice that part, but anytime Tom
maybe when they release osx 10.12 lol
maybe when they release osx 10.12 lol
You underestimate Apple's photocopiers. They'll mash it up before Windows 7 release, patent it and talk about Microsoft stealing ideas from them.
maybe when they release osx 10.12 lol
You underestimate Apple's photocopiers. They'll mash it up before Windows 7 release, patent it and talk about Microsoft stealing ideas from them.
MS need more efficient software development then.
maybe when they release osx 10.12 lol
You'll be happy to know that Apple included this functionality in MacOS 8.5 in 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software)
Considering the bulk of windows users don't know jack about customizing its good that they are finally including these from the beginning. Shame they can't include messenger, just a link to download it, what's up with that lol
they can barely put any feature cause of that .
This is richly integrated with the Windows Explorer shell and really designed around sources that return files. That means you get drag-and-drop, context-menus, previews, etc. You can search for documents in the Open File dialog, or search for images from within the existing Insert Picture dialog in apps like Word, because they use the Common File Dialog. Watch the Channel 9 video for more details:
http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/Windows...h-applications/
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Loving the DeviantArt Connector
www.istartedsomething.com seems to be down so can't get the Flickr Connector yet.
Would it be possible to make a YouTube Connector that only searches for videos that are HD, and also have the option to download? That would be sweet
You can also build your own feed consumer for picasa like what Long has done for Flickr
Also, it's called "Live Search" now. Get with the times!
What I see all too often is the exact opposite
If you see copy and paste outside of Around The Web, I'd like to see it.
I have been playing with the 6xxx beta for a bit and now I'm even using the 7000 build as my main OS for a full week on a spare HDD I have for my laptop (special thanks for Mozy Backup for making this possible to do without stressing out about losing my work). So far it has been performing better than Vista SP1 even. The whole system seems much snappier overall (in some areas it seems much, much faster). So far it has been very stable except when it downloaded a pre-release NVidia driver from Windows Update which caused a few blue screens and some display corruption but that was promptly fixed by installing the latest 180 series drivers from laptopvideo2go.com (which even properly recognized it as Windows 7) and everything has been great since then. For anyone reading this with NVidia graphics card thinking of giving 7EVEN a spin, DO NOT DOWNLOAD the pre-release drivers on Windows Update dated from December, 2008. Download the latest Vista 32/64 drivers from laptopvideo2go.com and you will be golden (they have much more options in the control panel and seem to perform faster overall too).
That said, this is of course a very early Win7 driver, so it's not surprising that it has some compatibility problems for some people. Most people are better off with it though, as installing a Vista driver will negate some of the advancements Win7 can offer.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd239184.aspx
Of course, the PDC session and Channel 9 video cover this in more depth already.
Great! Thanks for the link Brandon
a) performance issue (slow! ).
b) Irrelevant resultant.
Can you say this new search feature will be different?.
Anyway, the results are provided by the sites that are being searched, so it has nothing to do with Microsoft. (I think)
Yes, just like in Vista. If the text files is in an indexed location, then it will automatically search the contents of the file when you search that folder / drive / location.
If it is not indexed, there will be a "Search in File Contents" link at the bottom of the results after you type the search query. Click that, and it will do a (very slow) search in the contents of all files in that location.
Windows 7 will have Windows Search 4.0 that's also available for Vista. It's already released on Microsoft downloads.
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