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An argument against unified search. (sort of)


  • 5887735
    Inactive

    14 years, 6 months ago

    From everything I’m reading it looks like unified search is coming soon. While I like the idea of a “search everything” option, I think it should be just that an option. I hope BP keeps the other dropdown search options (blogs, groups, etc.) so members can narrow their searches. Just make “unified search” another option in the select box.

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  • gregfielding
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    @gregfielding

    14 years, 6 months ago

    for what it’s worth, I’m planning a single, unified search for the front page, with specific searches on specific pages: a member search on the members page, etc.

    Right now, multiple search options is confusing for most users.


    5887735
    Inactive

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Does unified search cut down on confusion?

    Lets face it BP is confusing as hell. It’s so powerful I believe it overwhelms most users. We get a thousand new members per month, but very few use any of the features. This is true with most community sites, but BP seems to be a little more so. All of us here are developers, but are users are not. The challenge is to create powerful simplicity. The basic BP interface is; here are a ton of cool features and you go figure the best way to use them. The intuitive nature of this CMS is not there yet……

    …..s@#t I forgot my train of thought.

    Oh yes, I believe search options will not only allow advanced searching it will better illustrate the “unified search” results by just showing the other search options available.


    paulhastings0
    Participant

    @paulhastings0

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Actually, I’m a proponent of unified search. Is that a feature or BP 1.2.4 I hope?

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