Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-21 Thread quiddity
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: ... To get Search instead of Go, do what Magnus Manske suggested a few days ago: just type your search query, then hit the cursor up key to select the last point in the dropdown box, which is the good ol' search

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-21 Thread Carcharoth
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:37 PM, quiddity pandiculat...@gmail.com wrote: p.s. on-wiki feedback about search seems to be coagulating at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_experience_feedback/search_box http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/May_2010_skin_change

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Carcharoth
The link to Special:Search is the magnifying glass icon next to (or in) the search box. To get Search instead of Go, do what Magnus Manske suggested a few days ago: just type your search query, then hit the cursor up key to select the last point in the dropdown box, which is the good ol' search

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Magnus Manske
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: The link to Special:Search is the magnifying glass icon next to (or in) the search box. To get Search instead of Go, do what Magnus

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: snip But pressing the down button does nothing any more. *sigh* Yeah, they replaces AB with CD, then silently removed D. Be

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Nathan
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: The link to Special:Search is the magnifying glass

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe if the Go page had a Not the result you wanted? Click here to search by text prompt at the top? That would work as well. I also find throwing a random extra term into the search helps focus it and takes you to the search

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: snip The down arrow still works for me. Whoops. I meant clicking the *up* arrow no longer works for me. In my original post (which Magnus replied to) I had mentioned the down arrow when I meant the up arrow. You can't even

Re: [WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

2010-05-19 Thread Bod Notbod
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure changing the default from Go! to text search is the answer, though - and adding another button would be confusing. Maybe if the Go page had a Not the result you wanted? Click here to search by text prompt at the top?