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3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
The changes to the InfoSearch product since release 4.0 are
as follows:
+o Localized (non-English language) books can now be
searched/browsed. See Chapter 2 - "InfoSearch and
Localized Books" for details.
+o Query parsing is more restrictive, creating an "AND"
condition between terms that are entered with just a
space between them (and no boolean logic applied by the
user). If no hits are found, the search will be
performed again with an "OR" condition used.
+o Added "collapse book hits" checkbox. When multiple hits
(chapters) are found when a search is applied to the
"Online Books" database, this will limit the search
result to display 1 hit per book - the hit that is
deemed most relevant for that book.
+o Improved error checking and reporting.
The changes to the InfoSearch product since release 3.1 are
as follows:
+o Some UI design changes: streamlined display, allow for
selection and searching of content types.
+o Faster loading of book content (display).
+o Removed the server-side parsed HTML (".shtml") file
(used a redirect within the index.html file instead).
+o Directory layout clean-up; less stored in "document
root".
+o With release 4.0, non-English language books can be
browsed and viewed (but not searched). As of release
4.1, this has been fixed.
+o Creation of the online books index is now much faster.
+o Improved relevance on search result.
+o Filtering (display) changes for all content types.
The changes to the InfoSearch product since release 1.0 are
as follows:
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+o As of release 3.x and beyond, the InfoSearch "client"
is a process that simply launches your desktop web-
browser (as specified in the Toolchest -> Desktop ->
Customize -> Utilities panel).
For example, a web browser such as _n_e_t_s_c_a_p_e(1) is used
to contact an available InfoSearch "server". Point your
browser at the requested server URL; such as:
http://<hostname>/infosearch/. Substitute the name of
the server containing InfoSearch content for
<hostname>.
+o Major UI cleanup and redesign.
+o Improved navigation; searching and browsing are now
combined.
+o Improved/faster index creation.
+o Browsing by sub-categories is now supported.
+o The search result sorting algorithm is now by score,
which is much more robust than in previous versions.
+o The Help and "How Do I" information is now folded into
the Online Books domain.
+o Changes for searching multiple document "collections."
+o You may wish to utilize the content (books, man pages,
release notes, and more) present on the SGI Technical
Publications site at: http://techpubs.sgi.com/.