Charles Lepple wrote: > On 2/18/07, Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If I ask a question that has 7000 packages as an answer, I want to see >> them. If I want to see less, I ask a different question. > > Makes sense, as long as you get to ask the question before 7000 > packages start streaming in to your browser. IMHO the default page > should just be the search form (like <insert favorite search engine>), > and from there, you can issue an empty query to get everything if > necessary.
True. I hadn't understood that the alternative was to list all packages before any question was asked. In fact, I see now that I have never ever used the further menu options "By section", "By package", "Search" in the "Packages" menu, only the default "Introduction" with its "Search for package" form and the links, like the link to the complete list of packages and to the sections (plus grep on my hard disk). Have they always been there like this and doing what they are doing now or is that already part of the new scheme? Speaking as a user, I would rather opt for dumping these menu options and replacing them by the new search form, accessible via a new button "Advanced search" on the pdb main page. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
