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You may have noticed that we do not have a way to add any new providers to this list through the user interface. This is planned for Beta 2, but for Beta 1 there is a work around if you want to add your favorite search provider to the list.
Here is an example of the registry entry that would add an MSDN Library search to the search box:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSDN]
“DisplayName”=”MSDN Library”
“URL”=”http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?qu=%s&View=msdn”
In the above, the key name “MSDN” can be any unique value, “DisplayName” is the text you will see in the search box and “URL” is simply the search provider’s query string. Note that the %s is where your search term will be injected into the query string.
One way to figure out how to build the search string is to type in a search term in your favorite search provider’s search box. After navigating to the results go to the address bar and see where your term is injected into the address. You can copy that entire URL into the “URL” parameter and replace the text of your query with %s as in the example above.
You may also want to read Sean Alexander’s blog post on this subject – he has created a downloadable file that allows you to quickly add 32 search providers to IE7.
When Beta 2 comes out we will have a much more intuitive way to add providers from the user interface - until then keep sending your Beta 1 feedback and have fun!
Here is an example of the registry entry that would add an MSDN Library search to the search box:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSDN]
“DisplayName”=”MSDN Library”
“URL”=”http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?qu=%s&View=msdn”
In the above, the key name “MSDN” can be any unique value, “DisplayName” is the text you will see in the search box and “URL” is simply the search provider’s query string. Note that the %s is where your search term will be injected into the query string.
One way to figure out how to build the search string is to type in a search term in your favorite search provider’s search box. After navigating to the results go to the address bar and see where your term is injected into the address. You can copy that entire URL into the “URL” parameter and replace the text of your query with %s as in the example above.
You may also want to read Sean Alexander’s blog post on this subject – he has created a downloadable file that allows you to quickly add 32 search providers to IE7.
When Beta 2 comes out we will have a much more intuitive way to add providers from the user interface - until then keep sending your Beta 1 feedback and have fun!
Thought I might share this tid bit of information, you can find the whole post over here
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