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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Easier Searching in KDE
From:       Dik Takken <D.H.J.Takken () phys ! uu ! nl>
Date:       2004-05-31 22:39:59
Message-ID: Pine.OSF.4.60.0406010037010.41182 () ruunat ! phys ! uu ! nl
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>> So we are going to have every search plugin output a piece of
>> beautiful html/xml/whatever? Well, for the 'Extensive' mode as used in the
>> search application, this might be a very good idea. From the developer's
>> point of view, it simplifies things a lot too, I think.
>
>Search plug ins should output indexable text, and search tools shouldn't
>use the search plugins' output directly, it would be even slower than
>simply grepping for text.  They should contact an indexing service.

Since search results can contain pictures (thumbs) as well, you are making 
the search app responsible for creating and rendering thumbnails 
associated to the search results. I think the search plugins know best 
how to represent their own material, the search app has no idea about this.

Dik
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