Improved Site Search
There is an all new search feature on this website. It uses the same type of web technology that Gmail uses for it's site, Javascripted XMLHttpRequest requests in realtime. It's showing up on a number of sites and is called LiveSearch. It is supported by the major browsers such as IE5/6 on Windows, Mozilla/Firefox on all platforms and Safari on Mac. This is something that Opera does not support and is one of the reasons that it's getting harder and harder to support Opera. But, if your browser is not supported by the Livesearch, you still have an improved search feature. It no longer uses the built-in Movable Type search and runs off of this script.
But, if you have a supported browser, simply click in the search box and start typing. Your results will appear instantly in real time without loading any new pages.
I am still working out some minor details on how the results are displayed. For instance, if you press the Search but o the enter key to load the results, I haven't got any CSS on that page yet, so the results are just plain text. But if anyone has any comments or suggestions, please feel free to post them here, or to send them to me personally. I would like to make this as good as possible and I don't always have the best design sense. I am fairly pleased with how everything is running so far though.
But, if you have a supported browser, simply click in the search box and start typing. Your results will appear instantly in real time without loading any new pages.
I am still working out some minor details on how the results are displayed. For instance, if you press the Search but o the enter key to load the results, I haven't got any CSS on that page yet, so the results are just plain text. But if anyone has any comments or suggestions, please feel free to post them here, or to send them to me personally. I would like to make this as good as possible and I don't always have the best design sense. I am fairly pleased with how everything is running so far though.