[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org changed: What|Removed |Added Resolution|LATER |INVALID --- Comment #7 from Andre Klapper aklap...@wikimedia.org --- (In reply to comment #6) Also, note that Go/Search is going to be replaced with a single icon in the new usability redesign. This has happened in the meantime, hence this report is not valid anymore nowadays. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Scott Coleman scottcole...@kc.rr.com changed: What|Removed |Added Status|REOPENED|RESOLVED Resolution||LATER --- Comment #4 from Scott Coleman scottcole...@kc.rr.com 2009-10-30 23:15:34 UTC --- This issue is a subtle point of user interface design, not a full-blown bug [I originally posted it as a suggestion, not a bug]. There's lots of room for subjectivity in determining whether this should be fixed. The interface may work the way you expect, but I can claim that it doesn't work the way I expect. Therefore, I certainly understand the desire not to fix it [if it ain't broke...]. But I disagree that it is correct as it is. Instead I claim that it works as expected for most experienced users of this interface [all you developers], but does not work as expected for most new users [the rest of us]. For a new user, a mere typo changes the default operation of the interface - from Go to Special:Search [by virtue of the focus change]. Granted, the interface is simple enough that even a new user can figure out how to compensate for his unmet expectation [he can move focus back to the Go field, correct his typo, and hit enter again]. So you can argue it's a subtle and minor issue. But being subtle and minor is not the same as being correct. I can accept the decision not to fix it - now, or ever. But in my [very subjective] opinion, in the next major overhaul of the user interface, this portion of the UI could be improved by finding a way to satisfy the expectations of both experienced users and new users. [Alternative 1: See the original submitted suggestion.] [Alternative 2: In the case of a user typo, display the Special:Search page, but keep the focus on the Go box.] How about LATER rather than WONTFIX? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Platonides platoni...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC||platoni...@gmail.com --- Comment #5 from Platonides platoni...@gmail.com 2009-10-30 23:24:42 UTC --- If the initial query results in an error, it uses the more verbose 'search' option. This means, if there's an article with that exact title it will appear as the top result, instead of going there automatically. Having that extra page for people which retypes the corrected word (note that the article is likely to appear on the previous result page, so instead of fixing they would directly click there) is better than going to the exact people if the user wanted a deeper search instead (eg. titles with that word instead of the title which is that word). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Robert Stojnic rain...@eunet.rs changed: What|Removed |Added CC||rain...@eunet.rs --- Comment #6 from Robert Stojnic rain...@eunet.rs 2009-10-30 23:31:18 UTC --- Also, note that Go/Search is going to be replaced with a single icon in the new usability redesign. I.e. see http://prototype.wikimedia.org/en.wikipedia.org/Main_Page -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Chad H. innocentkil...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC||innocentkil...@gmail.com --- Comment #3 from Chad H. innocentkil...@gmail.com 2009-10-30 01:21:20 UTC --- If I'm using the Go box, when I press enter I expect it to default to go. It's the first button and it's what everyone has come to expect from Mediawiki. On the other hand, if I pressed enter on Special:Search I would expect it to actually perform a search, not direct me to the most appropriate article. I think it's actually correct the way it is. WONTFIX? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Scott Coleman scottcole...@kc.rr.com changed: What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #2 from Scott Coleman scottcole...@kc.rr.com 2009-10-18 13:27:06 UTC --- Although the buttons are consistly labeled, the default action [on-entry] is not. In one case, a carriage-return results in a Go action, but in the other a Search - yet there is no clear indication to the user that the same action will yeild different results. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
[Bug 21069] Search User-Interface Inconsistency
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21069 Chad H. innocentkil...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added Component|Suggestion |Search Product|MediaWiki Suggestions |MediaWiki -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. ___ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
