[Pydotorg-redesign] how to search the site

[Simon Willison]

Roy Smith wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 05:17  AM, Simon Willison wrote:
> 
>> [1] Real nit-pickers may notice my blog uses "Search Site" rather than 
>> just "Search". Rules are made to be broken ;)
>
> You made an excellent point that the UI has to be simple and standard, 
> so I'm confused as to why you then break your own rule?  Does "Search 
> Site" parse as <verb> <direct object> or as <adjective> <noun>?
> I.e., does it mean "Click here to search this site", or "Click here to 
> go to the site at which I can do searches?"

The reason is about as shallow as you can get. Just the word "Search" 
looked unbalanced compared to the other headers in that column, which 
each have several words in them. I also figure that my site's audience 
are smart enough to spot a search feature like that from 600 paces.

Cheers,

Simon