The page* which provides the possibility to add search engines to IE7, would
be a lot better if it would:

1a Require the user to provide a URL for a query for TEST TEST
This will allow IE7 to extract the correct character(s) used to join a
multi-word query on a particular site.

IE7 currently adds a + by default. At Wikipedia, for example, this produces
an invalid query as Wikipedia articles (and searches) are joined by an _.
(Not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet+Explorer, but
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer)

1b Provide ability to adjust these join-character(s) manually.

*
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../runonce2.aspx

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Hi rz,

The Wikipedia site is different (as are some other php sites). The correct
search url is
http:///www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search={searchTerms}

not

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/{searchTerms}

You can find a full listing on my site that you can add to IE7 (or 6 as
search urls) at
http://www.iecustomizer.com/?url=ies...Provider=*wiki


Regards.
"rzr" <rzr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The page* which provides the possibility to add search engines to IE7,
> would
> be a lot better if it would:
>
> 1a Require the user to provide a URL for a query for TEST TEST
> This will allow IE7 to extract the correct character(s) used to join a
> multi-word query on a particular site.
>
> IE7 currently adds a + by default. At Wikipedia, for example, this
> produces
> an invalid query as Wikipedia articles (and searches) are joined by an _.
> (Not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet+Explorer, but
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer)
>
> 1b Provide ability to adjust these join-character(s) manually.
>
> *
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../runonce2.aspx
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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Thanks for the link Rob. It does provide a work-around, but in my opinion IE7
should anticipate irregular strings. It's better to allow a user to add what
-he or she- wants. Users decide what's the right way, not MS.

"Rob ^_^" wrote:

> Hi rz,
>
> The Wikipedia site is different (as are some other php sites). The correct
> search url is
> http:///www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search={searchTerms}
>
> not
>
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/{searchTerms}
>
> You can find a full listing on my site that you can add to IE7 (or 6 as
> search urls) at
> http://www.iecustomizer.com/?url=ies...Provider=*wiki
>
>
> Regards.
> "rzr" <rzr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4B92AF03-4193-4090-832D-AFC6A203961B@microsoft.com...
> > The page* which provides the possibility to add search engines to IE7,
> > would
> > be a lot better if it would:
> >
> > 1a Require the user to provide a URL for a query for TEST TEST
> > This will allow IE7 to extract the correct character(s) used to join a
> > multi-word query on a particular site.
> >
> > IE7 currently adds a + by default. At Wikipedia, for example, this
> > produces
> > an invalid query as Wikipedia articles (and searches) are joined by an _.
> > (Not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet+Explorer, but
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer)
> >
> > 1b Provide ability to adjust these join-character(s) manually.
> >
> > *
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../runonce2.aspx
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>
>
>

Hi rzr,

Its the way Wiki are processing the request query strings,, they seem to be
redirecting the results page and you end up with a different query string to
what you have entered in the search query form. If you go to their search
page and have a look at the source for their search page you can see the
structure of the search form query string.

I have only encountered one other site (php) that is using the same method
to process a search query.

Regards.
"rzr" <rzr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CEC678D0-AAF2-4A7C-AEEA-37E659C855D7@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the link Rob. It does provide a work-around, but in my opinion
> IE7
> should anticipate irregular strings. It's better to allow a user to add
> what
> -he or she- wants. Users decide what's the right way, not MS.
>
> "Rob ^_^" wrote:
>
>> Hi rz,
>>
>> The Wikipedia site is different (as are some other php sites). The
>> correct
>> search url is
>> http:///www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?search={searchTerms}
>>
>> not
>>
>> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/{searchTerms}
>>
>> You can find a full listing on my site that you can add to IE7 (or 6 as
>> search urls) at
>> http://www.iecustomizer.com/?url=ies...Provider=*wiki
>>
>>
>> Regards.
>> "rzr" <rzr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4B92AF03-4193-4090-832D-AFC6A203961B@microsoft.com...
>> > The page* which provides the possibility to add search engines to IE7,
>> > would
>> > be a lot better if it would:
>> >
>> > 1a Require the user to provide a URL for a query for TEST TEST
>> > This will allow IE7 to extract the correct character(s) used to join a
>> > multi-word query on a particular site.
>> >
>> > IE7 currently adds a + by default. At Wikipedia, for example, this
>> > produces
>> > an invalid query as Wikipedia articles (and searches) are joined by an
>> > _.
>> > (Not http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet+Explorer, but
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer)
>> >
>> > 1b Provide ability to adjust these join-character(s) manually.
>> >
>> > *
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/.../runonce2.aspx
>> >
>> > ----------------
>> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
>> > "I
>> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
>> > this
>> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
>> > then
>> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...plorer.general
>>
>>
>>