The next version of Berry 411, currently in beta, will support search plugins. Users can add new types of search to the Berry 411 menu by going to “Edit Plugins” and typing the name or URL for the plugin.

Pretty much any mobile friendly web page can be plugged into Berry 411– for example, I’ve created a search plugin called “SeaTraffic”– it displays Seattle freeway travel times based on the Department of Transportation web site.

I’m especially interested in user contributions of new search plugins which I will be adding to a directory.

If you’d like to play with creating search plugins, install the beta version of Berry 411 v2.3 from http://www.thebogles.com/beta/berry411.jad and read the brief guide to search plugins.