Accelerator (Internet Explorer)
| Accelerator | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest release | 0.8 |
| Extended from | XML |
| Open format? | Yes, as part of Microsoft Open Specification Promise |
| Website | OpenService Accelerators Developer Guide at the Wayback Machine (archived March 23, 2009) |
Accelerators were a form of selection-based search which allowed a user to invoke an online service from any other page using only the mouse; they were introduced by Microsoft in Internet Explorer 8.[1] Actions such as selecting the text or other objects gave users access to the Accelerator services (such as blogging with the selected text, or viewing a map of a selected geographical location), which could then be invoked with the selected object.
According to Microsoft, Accelerators eliminated the need to copy and paste content between web pages.[2] IE 8 specified an XML-based encoding which allowed a web application or web service to be invoked as an Accelerator service. How the service would be invoked and for what categories of content it would show up were specified in the XML file.[3] Similarities have been drawn between Accelerators and the controversial smart tags, a feature experimented with in the IE 6 Beta but withdrawn after criticism (though later included in MS Office).[4]
Support for Accelerators was removed in Microsoft Edge, the successor to Internet Explorer.[5]
History
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Microsoft introduced accelerators in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 as "activities."[6] It was later renamed to "accelerators." in IE 8 Beta 2.[7] [8]
IE8
[edit ]Accelerators were included in IE8 by default as a type of add-on.
Sample Accelerator
[edit ]This is an example of how to describe a map Accelerator using the OpenService Format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <openServiceDescriptionxmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0"> <homepageUrl>http://www.example.com</homepageUrl> <display> <name>MapwithExample.com</name> <icon>http://www.example.com/favicon.ico</icon> </display> <activitycategory="map"> <activityActioncontext="selection"> <previewaction="http://www.example.com/geotagger.html"> <parametername="b"value="{selection}"/> <parametername="clean"value="true"/> <parametername="w"value="320"/> <parametername="h"value="240"/> </preview> <executeaction="http://www.example.com/default.html"> <parametername="where1"value="{selection}"type="text"/> </execute> </activityAction> </activity> </openServiceDescription>
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "New and exciting features". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008年03月05日.
- ^ Mary Jo Foley. "IE 8 to feature WebSlices, Activities". CNet Blogs. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved 2007年03月05日.
- ^ "How do I make my site 'light up' with Internet Explorer 8?". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 2008年03月05日.
- ^ Paul Thurrott. "Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Review". Windows IT Pro. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 2008年03月12日.
- ^ "A break from the past, part 2: Saying goodbye to ActiveX, VBScript, attachEvent...". Microsoft Edge Dev Blog. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers - Enterprise FAQ" (doc). Microsoft. p. 4.
- ^ "Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2". PCMag Australia. 2008年08月22日. Retrieved 2025年05月03日.
- ^ "Internet Explorer - now with 35% less FAIL". Archived from the original on 2024年12月11日. Retrieved 2025年05月03日.
External links
[edit ]- Internet Explorer 8: Videos at the Wayback Machine (archived February 3, 2010), Accelerators Video, Microsoft
- Accelerators - Add-ons Gallery at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2010), Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft
Development
[edit ]- OpenService Accelerators Developer Guide
- Internet Explorer 8 Readiness Toolkit at the Wayback Machine (archived March 22, 2009)
Wikimedia Accelerators
[edit ]- Wikipedia Visual Search - Addons Gallery at the Wayback Machine (archived March 4, 2010)
- Define with Wikipedia - Addons Gallery at the Wayback Machine (archived January 13, 2010)
- Define with Wiktionary - Addons Gallery at the Wayback Machine (archived January 13, 2010)
- Veoh Video Compass - Addons Gallery at the Wayback Machine (archived July 8, 2010)