Windows 7中的搜索功能将支持插件

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：Windows 7中的搜索功能将支持插件

 8月份时，微软发布了Windows Search 4.0.而根据最近的一些测试来看，改进是相当明显的：比XP快26%，比Vista快86%。而且，我们都知道Windows Search 4.0将会集成在Vista SP2中，因此，很自然就会想到Windows 7 Find and Organize团队将会以此为基础进行进一步改进。

当然，团队也不可能只顾着追求性能上的改进，当Vista发布时，其搜索功能要远比XP好得多，也是时候看看微软将会给Windows 7的搜索加些什么料了，而根据微软给开发者们放出的消息，WIndows 7中的搜索将不会限制在本地搜索。

Windows 7支持文档跨本地搜索，开发者和IT专家们可以通过Windows 7的搜索功能开启搜索引擎，实现对资料库和档案馆的搜索，以及应用Web 程序等。这将使得最终用户在企业网和因特网上的搜索变得和本地搜索一样简便，而这一切，通过熟悉的Windows界面即可实现。

同时，开发者们还可以利用RSS和ATOM输出给可搜索到的Web程序加入Windows 7兼容的 OpenSearch支持，当然，SharePoint Search的服务器也支持 OpenSearch

微软事先透露这些是为了让开发者们做好开发搜索插件的准备，当然，这主要是针对大公司而言的，不过对个人消费者来说，也并非没有作用。比如；微软博客作者Longzheng开发的插件就使得你可以方便地从本地浏览Flickr上的图片，视频等。

Flickr Search Connectr 连接Windows 7搜索特性

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In August, Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) was released to the masses. According to recent tests, the performance improvements were significant: 26 percent faster for Windows XP and 84 percent for Windows Vista. We already know that WS4 will be bundled in Vista SP2, so it's natural to expect that the Windows 7 Find and Organize team is using WS4 as the base for further improvements.

But the team won't be limited to performance tweaks. When Vista was released, its search features were significantly better than XP's. It's time to take a look at what Microsoft is planning to do for search for Windows 7; according to information Microsoft has released to developers, search in Windows 7 can go beyond a local network:

    Windows 7 supports searching for documents beyond the user's own PC. Developers and IT professionals can enable their search engines, document repositories, web applications, and proprietary data stores to be searched from Windows 7 without needing to write and deploy client code. This enables end users to search their corporate intranet or the web as easily as they can search for their local files—all from within the same familiar Windows interface.

Furthermore, developers can add Windows 7 compatible OpenSearch support to any existing searchable web application by adding RSS or ATOM output (the desktop client can then have a Search Connector for the service). SharePoint Search Server can also query these compatible OpenSearch services (as shown at PDC 2008).

Microsoft released this information early so that developers can get a head start on creating their own search plug-ins. This is mainly aimed at enterprises, but it can be used in consumer situations as well. For example, Microsoft blogger Long Zheng has already put together a Windows 7 Search Connector for Flickr. Imagine being able to search through pictures, videos, and other files on your favorite repositories, all from Windows Explorer.