Do you feel bad because of the Python docs?

[Michael Ross]

On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:28:10 +0100, Chris Kaynor  
<ckaynor at zindagigames.com> wrote:

> I actually just tried that, and the results weren't very good.
>
> Using the doc's search feature, the "Reporting Bugs" (and the "About  
> these documents") page >was significantly down the page (about 2/3 of  
> the way) - not the most obvious result in the pile. All the >other  
> searches I could think of either didn't return either of those pages at  
> all, or they were also 1/2-2/3 >of the way down the page.
>
>

Using Google it took me about 3 seconds to find the page.

"python report doc bug".

Works with Bing or DuckDuckGo too. First hit on either engine.

The doc's search is ... fine if I search for e. g. 'subprocess.Popen',
but near-useless for general searches.


>
> The link is also on the main documentation page, but it is, again, near  
> the bottom, making it hidden from >many users. Both of them show up just  
> above the bottom of the window with it maximized on my screen.
>
>
>
> The first of the issues may be difficult to fix,

Is it?
You'd just have to have an additional search box labeld "search whole page  
with google/bing/whatever" (?)




> but would likely be fairly useful - that would generally be my first  
> port of call. The second one is more >minor as most people will scroll  
> down to see whats farther down, if they go to the main page to find the  
> >links.
>
>
>
> Chris
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>
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:06 PM, alex23 <wuwei23 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mar 7, 10:47 am, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn... at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> That's great Terry, but how will the next person find the link?
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>> Why do you have such a low opinion of others that you think they're
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>> unable to look up "Reporting Bugs" in the _documentation_?
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