[marketing-python] RE: [Pydotorg-redesign] how to search the site

[Roy Smith]

Why do we need different buttons to search different parts of the 
collection?  "search docs" vs. "search whole web site" vs. "search 
starship" implies that the searcher already knows where the stuff is.  
Most people won't.  Roy's Rule of UI Design says "every option you give 
the user is just another chance for them to do the wrong thing".

If we really have to have these options, at least they should be tucked 
away on the "advanced search" page.  The default interface (on every 
page) should be just a simple box into which you can type a couple of 
words, and a single "Search" button to click.  If people insist, also a 
discrete link to the advanced search page.

On a slightly different tangent, I'm a little concerned about "cute" 
names like "Starship" and "Vaults of Parnassus".  One of our goals is 
to appeal to dev managers.  Dev managers don't like cute.  Cute is the 
antithesis of "this will help me deliver my product on time and keep my 
job".

On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 02:16  AM, Laura Creighton wrote:

> While we are at it, I would prefer a larger window to type search
> terms in, a button for search just the docs, and just the starship,