On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Joe Dreimann <[email protected] > wrote:
> > On 25 Jul 2013, at 17:18, James Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hmm... the tooltip might be distracting. As for the other options, it's a > > case of new placeholder text vs. bottom-of-page tip + shortened > > placeholder. A possible new placeholder is "Search for or link to a > page", > > which fits in an .input-large. We can add "(Guide/Links)" and still fit > in > > an .input-xlarge. But is it clear enough on its own? > > I don't think that would be very clear. "Link to a page" doesn't really > make sense in a search context. > > What Trac links are to be understood as in this context is a way to jump > straight to content without having to see the search results. > > Maybe we just don't need this at all, just all the placeholder 'Search > anything'. > > - Joe "Search anything" or "Search through all products" sounds good to me. Additional placeholder or tooltip text such as "or quickjump to a resource" might help if it can be made to fit. I also like the idea of making the search box larger, as long as we take care to ensure it looks okay on mobile. The help links at the bottom of the page are likely to go unnoticed by the users that need to be most aware of them. I think we need to somehow get the search help link closer to the Search button, but I'm not sure of the best way to do that. Somewhat related, I suggested adding a help icon next to the help text added in t:#11257, but I didn't get any feedback on the idea. http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/11257#comment:description If we are looking for a replacement for "TracLinks", "ResourceLinks" might be a good fit.
