For kicks, if you want to see what a DQSD toolbar might be like, create an HTML page with this code:
<frameset rows="20,*"> <frame src="C:\Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\search.htm" /> <frame src="http://www.google.com"; /> </frameset> Open it, and it should look like you have a DQSD toolbar in your browser. Granted, it doesn't work very well (launches in a new window, messes up the URL). -Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jonathon Marshall Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 12:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DQSD-Devel] IE toolbar Wouldnt it be better to build the scripting/searching ability of DQSD into the address bar in IE. I think it would be better then having a second address/search bar. -jm On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:19:32AM -0600, Greg Mitchell wrote: > I'm back from my vacation, and finally caught up on all my email (well, not > all of it, but at least most of it) > > Anyway, I saw somewhere that some people would prefer to have the searchbar > as an IE toolbar. I didn't really see the point of it, since I personally > prefer having it on my taskbar, but it got me thinking. > > If we build an IE toolbar version of the toolbar, certain functionality > becomes available to us that was not previously possible - specifically, > hilighting search terms on resulting pages. > > Just so everyone is clear, I'm not proposing that the current DQSD be > "thrown out" or anything like that. I love having it in my taskbar, and it > will stay there until I can come up with a way to carry it around with me, > or have it implanted into my head ;) > > What I'm proposing is a three step process: > 1) Build a simple IE toolbar that just displays the current DQSD page - > shouldn't be much to this step, if we can find the correct documentation. > > 2) Build hilighting into the IE toolbar, such that whatever is the "current" > search terms are automagically hilighted on whatever page is displayed in > the browser. This lets the user follow a bunch of links, and still have > their initial search terms easy to find. Maybe it could be set up as a > preference - whatever, either way, it should be able to hilight search terms. > > 3) Come up with a method for passing search terms from the taskbar version > of the searchbar to the IE toolbar version of the toolbar, so that > hilighting can be achieved from the taskbar. > > Things to be aware of - the search term hilighting should be configurable on > a search by search basis - some of the searches don't require hilighting - > off the top of my head, the currency conversion wouldn't really benefit from > hilighting, for example. > > I did a little bit of research on how to build an IE toolbar, and came up > with the following registry key: > "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper > Objects" - if you search on that, there is all kinds of information > available. > Any interest in this sort of development? Is it a bad idea? Any hurdles > you can see that might be show stoppers? > > Thanks for reading to the end of this novella. > > Greg > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > _______________________________________________ > DQSD-Devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel -- +----------------------------+ | Jonathon Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] + | [EMAIL PROTECTED] smLNK: http://smlnk.com/?info | + 9DB8 5D34 55F8 FF4C 096F 00E8 E517 3B52 F687 6AC7 | ^-PGP Key Fingerprint +----------------------------+ Arthur C. Clarke- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ DQSD-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel ------------------------------------------------------- In remembrance www.osdn.com/911/ _______________________________________________ DQSD-Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel
