Thumbnail search in Content Serverwhere I talked about forcing the search template to show thumbnails. My tip was to add a parameter to the URL but this is a bit clumsy, the contributor will probably never do it. Let's do it for them!
Go to Configuration Manager and create a rule that is only activated on a "search" condition. Click on the Side Effects tab and enter the key=value pair. Now add the rule to your Profiles for images and presto! everyone's image search uses the thumbnail view.