El mar, 07-03-2006 a las 09:18 +0000, Ross Gardler escribió:
> Thorsten Scherler wrote:
> > El lun, 06-03-2006 a las 10:13 +0000, Ross Gardler escribió:
> >
> >>Thorsten Scherler wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I am working on a new plugin, a search engine broker (output). You can
> >>>see it in action on http://www.target-x.de/search.html and
> >>>http://www.target-x.de/search-forms.html.
> >>>
> >>>BTW that is my site with a new theme I developed while testing the
> >>>dispatcher. :)
> >>
> >>Nice search plugin!
> >
> >
> > :)
> >
> > How do you like the history list?
>
> I love it. Some feature requests:
>
> - persist the history between invocations
will implement it now
>
> - provide the search results for the last search in the browser page (I
> block popups, maybe an iframe would be the simplest answer)
>
The problem is that most provider (like google) does not allow this.
> - allow the setting of "preferred engines" and search them
> simultaneously, i.e. Forrest site, Forrest Dev Arhives, Forrest User
> Archives
jeje, yeah that is the next step. I am planing to write a simple form to
upload new definitions and limit the engines to a subset on structurer
base. The metasearch would be really nice. ;)
> I'm not about to implement any of these, but I would *love* to see them ;-)
;)
> (I can magine using this plugin so no doubt will contribute one day,
> just not right now).
I need to finish the current plugin and add it to the svn that you and
Cyriaque can play with it.
>
> >>With respect to reusing the search definition code.
> >>
> >>- What license is the definition schema released as?
> >
> >
> > Not found any information on it but it seems an internal mozilla format
> > and mozilla is ASF style license, right?
>
> I always thought so, but I have an inkling that it was listed as a
> non-compatible license in the recent legal FAQ. I've not verified this
> (possibly incorret) rcollection.
Anyway, like Cyriaque, yourself and I have said it is dead simple and
the xml schema is actually developed by myself. We should be save to add
it to our rep.
> >>We need to consider
> >>reuse of the schema as well as the individual definitions.
> >
> >
> > I would like to go one step further and try to start a discussion on
> > mozilla to use a xml valid format instead of the halfbaked xml like
> > format that they have right now.
> >
> > To re-use the existing mozilla *out-of-the-box" would be more then
> > awesome. :)
>
> If you ave the time for another list ;-)
lol
yeah that is the bummer. I reckon I am faster to write a mozilla
searchplugin (cleaner) generator. ;)
Thx for the feedback. :)
salu2
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thorsten
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