[Design] Search

Mimi Yin mimi at osafoundation.org
Thu Feb 1 06:09:13 PST 2007


Hi Jared, part of the design is to have hint text in the text field  
that says: Create new item. I'm hoping that will clear things up :o)

On Jan 31, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Jared Rhine wrote:

> D John Anderson wrote:
>> You have to type "/search" in front of your search string.
>
> Huh.  For no particular reason, I thought that the box would  
> "default" to a search function.  That is, a string that didn't  
> start with a slash would be interpreted as a search string.
>
> That seems an improvement in the design, making search more  
> discoverable and saving keystrokes, with no loss in function.   
> Apologies if this particular design has already been rejected.
>
> -- Jared
>
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