Why Are Search Results So Difficult for the Software Designer to Figure Out
Last week's post, was not displaying any hint of source for a search result.
This week (just getting started), is not indicating the actual resource; you have to mouse to see 'which book'. Hello!
In example 1 below, is just a straight Basic (aka Book) search, ordered by count. Mystery books (if you're curious, OTP2 has a good appendix). The second display is the same query, but ordered by 'rank' thankfully showing titles (of course order by book, forces a title, whew!).
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This week (just getting started), is not indicating the actual resource; you have to mouse to see 'which book'. Hello!
Yes, indeed. You can forget which resource you're looking at while scrolling through a large number of results.
“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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In example 1 below, is just a straight Basic (aka Book) search, ordered by count. Mystery books (if you're curious, OTP2 has a good appendix). The second display is the same query, but ordered by 'rank' thankfully showing titles (of course order by book, forces a title, whew!).
I don't see any problem as the resource title is redundant by Count (and by Resource) whereas you expect a resource title when Ranked mixes results from different resources.
Dave
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No problem with simple results. But often only letters of the alphabet, and you've long passed on which book. The popup is the TOC.
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The popup is the TOC.
You got me on that one. What popup?
But often only letters of the alphabet, and you've long passed on which book
It would help to be consistent with titles on results.
Dave
===Windows 11 & Android 13
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You got me on that one. What popup?
If you mouse the 'D' (the header for the search result; no hint of which book), the popup is the TOC. Apparently they up-trace the TOC and as example, 'D' or whatever the dictionary letter it is.
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Some of these things are being worked on and will improve in an imminent release.
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Some of these things are being worked on and will improve in an imminent release.
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“The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara
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