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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...
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Windows Search Indexer Status Gadget
I’m pleased to announce that the second tool to join the BrandonTools.com collection is now available! It’s a new Sidebar Gadget for those who want to see what the indexer is up to and to easily...
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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...
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How my team and I fit into Windows 7
As you probably heard (if you’re reading this blog), Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan recently launched the Windows 7 Engineering Team Blog. This afternoon Steven made his second post on the blog,...
View ArticleCountdown to PDC
PDC is only 26 days away! While I don’t have a session of my own as I’d originally hoped, I will indeed be there. The session representing my team’s platform work is already up on the PDC agenda....
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Indexer Status gadget updated
I updated my Windows Search indexer gadget with a couple of fixes. If you run the gadget, you may want to update in order to fix issues with the play and fast-forward (“index now”) buttons not...
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....
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Channel 9: Windows 7 and OpenSearch
Our video about integrating OpenSearch-enabled data source with Windows 7 is now available on Channel 9! Check it 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 ArticleIOpenSearchSource documentation
Just wanted to post a heads-up to interested parties, the stub page on MSDN for IOpenSearchSource and its one method have been replaced by the draft documentation. The new page roughly sums up its use...
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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