https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52817
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--- Comment #40 from Quiddity <pandiculat...@gmail.com> ---
I fall right in the middle of this disagreement. Here's some notes, and an
idea.
There are good reasons to have the search-option-preferences in both locations
(eg. easier-discoverability for newcomers, familiarity for oldtimers),
and there are good reasons to centralize/unduplicate at a single location (with
Special:Search->Advanced being the reasonable contender because the
options-list *has* to appear there).
We do need easy-discoverability for newcomers.
Searching for help documentation is HELL unless we add the Wikipedia: , Help: ,
and Template: namespaces to our default search. For the first few years as a
new editor, I was constantly searching those namespaces for tools and guides.
(Note that the Template: and Category: namespaces aren't included in the "Help
and Project pages" output)
I'm surprised that we don't already have a link to
[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-searchoptions]] anywhere at
[[Special:Search]] (advanced tab or otherwise)! How did we miss that, for so
long?! Forest, trees.
I do also prefer the simple process for "Save" at Special:Preferences. It's not
perfect (see bug 55966), but it's fairly intuitive.
The new system isn't intuitive. (It makes sense once explained, but an
explanation is needed...)
I think the problem with the new version, is the physical distance, or
dis-connection, of the checkbox from the search button...
So, 2 fuzzy/rough suggestions:
A) Add a new Blue "Save selection as my default, and Search" button, at the
advanced-search tab, instead of the new "Remember selection for future
searches" checkbox line.
B) leave the "Search" tab at Special:Preferences, but
B.1) just link to Special:Search->Advanced from within it.
B.2) Or, when clicked, have it open Special:Search->Advanced in a new
tab/window. (New tab, because the user might have other unsaved
preference-changes, so we can't change the current page. (cf. bug 55966))
Either of these would solve the issues of discoverability and change-aversion.
Yes, it'll still leave an annoyingly almost-empty tab, but it's *way* better
than the current/old layout, ie. comment #0
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All 4 links, for your quick comparison:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-searchoptions
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=&fulltext=Search&profile=advanced
http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Preferences
http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=&fulltext=Search&profile=advanced
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