Windows search in more linking friendly

Way back when Windows Vista shipped one of my favourite features was the Search box in the start menu and in Explorer.
Unfortunately it was a bit unwieldy when you were using the pen. I found this really annoying and even had a go at writing a proof of concept application called SearchPad to try make Vista Start Search and Explorer a little more pen friendly.

The Windows 7 Beta makes this a little better. When you click in a the search field in the start menu and launch the tip your pen strokes are recognised and inserted into the search field as you write – often even before the recognition result appears in the TIP itself