[FireFish]

Okay, I got it working after a few modifications; I edited the XML to:
1) Use a different icon (smaller)
2) removed '&' from description tag as I also thought it would be a problem.

Personally, I think #1 was the issue with it not working; I'm now using a 16x16 jpg icon vs. an ico file (I know ICO's work, but JPGs seemed to work for my case)

All said & done, it is a nice little hack.

I had a similar one written only for firefox & had my own installer for it to drop it into FireFox's searchplugin folder.

This works nicer, mainly b/c the biggest problem with the other FireFox addon mod out there is that it will NOT retain your login even if your browser has it remembered.

If you have hidden forums, this suck b/c the old hack wouldn't search them since you weren't considered logged in, even if it is set to remember your password.

However, I do not have that problem with this one which makes me happy.

With all of these code modifications, I wanted to show my version of the XML which is now working for me after modifying it many times. Here's the final working version:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<ShortName>Microwize User Forum</ShortName>
<Description>Anything Medisoft Lytec and Medinotes</Description>
<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://www.microwize.org/forum/icons/MicrowizeUserForum.jpg</Image>
<Url type="text/html" method="get" template="http://www.microwize.org/forum/search.php?do=process&amp;query={searchTerms}" />
</OpenSearchDescription>