9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
6:52 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 06:00:04PM +0100, Kate L Pugh wrote:
My preferred approach is "one box" as well, but to *also* to have an
"advanced search" page, much like this one:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
- basically, Google does it right.
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Ah, yes, so like google you could search either by typing in the
individual boxes or by shortcutting to the syntax above.
I think the "one box" simple search approach is quite adequate at the
moment - does anyone have any evidence otherwise? Regarding search more generally, I think that words
typed into the
search box should default to an "AND" search, which I don't believe
they do at the moment.
No, they don't, which is definitely not right. This should return the
Windsor Castle as the first hit:
http://openguides.org/london/supersearch.cgi?search=sausages+oysters
You currently have to search for "sausages & oysters", which feels rather
old-fashioned.
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