Begging for votes on Search improvements

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Yes, I am about to make a number of suggestions to improve the Search function - incremental improvements - but first I want users to indicate their priorities by voting on any or all of the following feedbear search suggestions:

Add multiple search scopes for Bible search | Faithlife Feedback allow more user control to search phrase, clause, sentence, verse, paragraph, pericope, chapter ....

Add faceted browsing sidebar to Search | Faithlife Feedback - the concept is using facet constraints to narrow results ... great if well-implemented but could be misleading/abused if not

Accept known alternate spellings for place names in Atlas | Faithlife Feedback a no brainer but part of a larger issue of synonyms in Factbook which users must have a means to report and see the disposition of.

Make all Search parameters and argument visible at once | Faithlife Feedback this has been an irritant to me for over a decade ... the match options hidden in the panel menu should be visible on the Search panel so that one sees the entire search parameters.

Search for People by attribute | Faithlife Feedback a solid suggestion that I would like to see extended to events.

Restore L7 Search cookbook content | Faithlife Feedback Not in place of new templates but in addition to ...

Add ability to sort Basic Search by Resource Prioritization | Faithlife Feedback a non-brainer from my personal perspective

Add interactive section to Everything search | Faithlife Feedback okay, this reflects my own obsession with completeness

Additional "Common Divisions" in Bible Browser, Bible Search (and Bible Book Explorer?) | Faithlife Feedback okay, I may have gotten carried away based on the current inability to limit to New Testament or Old Testament but ...

Quick Clear for Search | Faithlife Feedback another no brainer ... this particular UI issue doesn't bother me but if it bothers you or your friends ...

Add Vertical Bar | for OR searching | Faithlife Feedback in the same class as the request above

Sort search results by original publication date | Faithlife Feedback another no brainer

Sorry if I omitted some of your favorites, I omitted any that were general rather than specific requests, those that I hadn't seen requested multiple times over the years, and those that I couldn't envision a practical implementation. Others applying the same criteria would probably highlight different requests.

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