Windows 7中的搜索功能將支持插件

Win7之家（ www.airtaxifl.com）：Windows 7中的搜索功能將支持插件

 8月份時(shí)，微軟發(fā)布了Windows Search 4.0.而根據(jù)最近的一些測(cè)試來(lái)看，改進(jìn)是相當(dāng)明顯的：比XP快26%，比Vista快86%。而且，我們都知道Windows Search 4.0將會(huì)集成在Vista SP2中，因此，很自然就會(huì)想到Windows 7 Find and Organize團(tuán)隊(duì)將會(huì)以此為基礎(chǔ)進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步改進(jìn)。

當(dāng)然，團(tuán)隊(duì)也不可能只顧著追求性能上的改進(jìn)，當(dāng)Vista發(fā)布時(shí)，其搜索功能要遠(yuǎn)比XP好得多，也是時(shí)候看看微軟將會(huì)給Windows 7的搜索加些什么料了，而根據(jù)微軟給開(kāi)發(fā)者們放出的消息，WIndows 7中的搜索將不會(huì)限制在本地搜索。

Windows 7支持文檔跨本地搜索，開(kāi)發(fā)者和IT專家們可以通過(guò)Windows 7的搜索功能開(kāi)啟搜索引擎，實(shí)現(xiàn)對(duì)資料庫(kù)和檔案館的搜索，以及應(yīng)用Web 程序等。這將使得最終用戶在企業(yè)網(wǎng)和因特網(wǎng)上的搜索變得和本地搜索一樣簡(jiǎn)便，而這一切，通過(guò)熟悉的Windows界面即可實(shí)現(xiàn)。

同時(shí)，開(kāi)發(fā)者們還可以利用RSS和ATOM輸出給可搜索到的Web程序加入Windows 7兼容的 OpenSearch支持，當(dāng)然，SharePoint Search的服務(wù)器也支持 OpenSearch

微軟事先透露這些是為了讓開(kāi)發(fā)者們做好開(kāi)發(fā)搜索插件的準(zhǔn)備，當(dāng)然，這主要是針對(duì)大公司而言的，不過(guò)對(duì)個(gè)人消費(fèi)者來(lái)說(shuō)，也并非沒(méi)有作用。比如；微軟博客作者Longzheng開(kāi)發(fā)的插件就使得你可以方便地從本地瀏覽Flickr上的圖片，視頻等。

Flickr Search Connectr 連接Windows 7搜索特性

附部分原文：

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.