It would be nice if the finder search was compatible with the Apache Solr search module. (http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr)

The easiest implementation of compatibility would have an admin option where you can select "use solr search". Then the module just changes the default finder search path from core to the "/search/apachesolr_search/" path.

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danielb commented

Yeah that would be good, unfortunatly I'm not familiar with that module. Hopefully by my example of search module integration someone will be able to do this very easily. Otherwise I'll probably get around to integrating popular search modules eventually.

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Ariesto commented

I'm in the same boat as you; I don't have the time right now to integrate the two modules. Plus, the Apache Solr is almost to a big change with views integration (http://drupal.org/node/293841). I really like the concept, ease of use, and theming of your finder module though, I'll post a request in the Apache Solr que and maybe someone else can get to it before us.

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danielb commented

I would advise against doing anything about this until we get a stable beta of finder as the API for finder integration will probably change slightly

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danielb commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
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danielb commented

this might be useful http://drupal.org/project/apachesolr_views

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danielb commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

I haven't seen much more interest in this feature, and I am unfamiliar with solr so I probably won't be making this. If Apache Solr can display it's results in a view, then you've got that option to take with Finder Views. If not then you'll have to hack together a module yourself, you can learn a bit from Finder Search and the other modules here.
This is a perfect example of a module that someone with some knowledge of the solr module could come along and make.