Preserved Topic: Searching the Asylum

Hello,

I have a suggestion. When reviewing search results, the following text:

This is a thread from Photoshop.
It was started by Kamel on 09-24-2004 and was last posted to on 10-12-2004.

There is no abstract available.
But the discussion starts like this:

...seems unecessary. I'd rather see more text from the messages.
Is this possible?

Karl

Also, can we have it search between two specified dates? Pleeeaase?

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

I like having the forum that the thread is from and the last update lines but yeah, the other two lines could surely hit the road.




...Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most (ozzy osbourne)

Sure, IW!
Try the ->advancedsearch, link is on the on the default search page + at the top of the footer.

But it's true that the results pages could be streamlined some more - when one of us has some time on his hands it might just happen, who knows =)

In the meantime, if you have any more ideas this is the place....

Yay! Thanks for directing me to it, kuckus.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

One thing I've always wanted, was a search box right on the main ozone page, (and on all the pages if possible).

I had proposed to add a Search button on every pages a while ago, but forgot to post the image I did to illustrate how it could look :



The Filter link would lead to the AdvancedSearch.



(Edited by poi on 11-17-2004 12:39)

poi: i second your idea. this search box would be a nice addition to the grail

B | T | E | P | L

Yeah. Add it man!

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Here's the skinny:

The "There is no abstract available. But the discussion starts like this:" text was meant to encourage you to add an abstract. I guess what it really needs is a link to the add-an-abstract page ('preserve' at the lower left).

The searchbox on the main page is not a completly bad idea, but there are things to be worked out with the tab order, and honestly, some of the 'focus form element' code in this baby is stupid - meaning it accesses document.forms[0] or similar - and would have to be adjusted to keep on working.

I'll add it to the todo list - but I won't anounce a due date. Live's short.

So long,

->Tyberius Prime

Hoorray for TP!