New Windows Search SDK is live!
The new Windows Search SDK for Windows Vista and Windows Desktop Search 3.x is now available on MSDN! We’ve also released a new set of code samples to go along with it. I’ll be digging in and writing...
View ArticleYahoo’s Open Search service that isn’t OpenSearch
Seriously Yahoo, what were you thinking? Today Yahoo announced their “Open Search Platform” – saying that it will “allow third parties to enhance the Yahoo Search experience.” You might assume that...
View ArticleIndexed folders rely on the index being complete
Let’s say you want to optimize your system by only indexing certain data. For example, a reader recently e-mailed me and said “I only want to index my media files.” Seems like a valid choice. At...
View ArticleWindows Search 4.0 Preview release
Today we made available the WS 4.0 preview release for Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003/2008. You can read details about WS 4.0 at the following sites: Vista Team Blog – Announcing the Windows...
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Remote Search in Windows Search 4.0
Following up on the Windows Search 4.0 Preview release, I will be writing several posts about some of the new features and changes enabled by this release. One such feature, and this first one I will...
View ArticleThe URL is dead, long live the URL
ReadWriteWeb has an interesting story (if interesting means, “haven’t I read this before?”) titled “The URL is Dead, Long Live Search.” As you might guess, it’s about search boxes basically replacing...
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Windows Search 4.0 released!
Windows Search 4.0 was released this afternoon. This release focuses on performance and reliability improvements. Here are some highlights: Faster queries, often several times faster Faster indexing...
View ArticleWindows Search 4 vs Vista built-in search
When I first posted about the WS4 release on Neowin a few members had a response that I had never expected. Some examples: Windam – I wonder why this would be released for Vista since search is...
View ArticleOpenSearch spec status
In addition to the aforementioned e-mailing, I also spent a little of the weekend on some personal projects, and did some poking around at the OpenSearch discussion group. I was curious about the fact...
View ArticleDesktop Search on the Win7 Engineering blog
About a week ago we posted an entry to the Windows 7 Engineering Team Blog about Windows Desktop Search, describing the motivation behind indexing files and what investments we’re making in that area...
View ArticleHeading home from PDC
It’s been a whirlwind of a trip here in LA. When I arrived I thought I’d be blogging, posting photos, and keeping in touch with the outside world the whole time. Well, that didn’t quite work out....
View ArticleFlickr search in Win7
Long Zheng of iStartedSomething.com has taken it upon himself to enable users to leverage my Windows 7 feature, called Search Federation, to search their Flickr photos from inside the Explorer. It...
View ArticleWindows 7 Federated Search Implementer’s Guide now available!
We just posted the first version of the Windows 7 Federated Search Implementer’s Guide! You can download it here. This document covers subjects such as crafting the best OpenSearch Description File for...
View ArticleE7 Blog: Federated Search in Windows 7
Late last night Steven updated the E7 Blog with a post about Federated Search in Windows 7. I co-authored the post with two program managers from my team. Check it out and let us know what you think!
View ArticleFederated Search Implementer’s Guide Updated
Hope you’re all enjoying the Windows 7 RC! This week we published an update to the Federated Search Implementer’s Guide. This update includes some new information as well as some corrections to the...
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