[maemo-community] maemo.org redesign

[From: Tim]

	> ...I'd rather have it as
 > a search box that does the right thing (see
 > http://impressive.net/services/dtrt/). Some things I'd like to
see: 

	That was actually my original idea (although I didn't explain it).
It may, in fact, be a limitation of Midgard, though. 

	Tim 
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 ----- Original Message -----
 Subject: Re: maemo.org redesign
 From:  Thomas Perl 
 To: maemo-community at maemo.org
 CC: "Tim" ,"List for community development" 
 Date: 10/10/2008 6:42 am
 Hi there!
 On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:15:31 -0600
 Tim  wrote:
 > Any thoughts on the new rev (my comments below)? 
 >
 >
http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-maemo.org-redesign_idea_0008e.png[1]
 >
http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-maemo.org-redesign_idea_0008e-supp.png[2]
 Although Quim has said he wanted a drop-down box, I'd rather have it
as
 a search box that does the right thing (see
 http://impressive.net/services/dtrt/). Some things I'd like to see:
 * Entering just a number takes me to the bug page on bugs.maemo.org
 * Entering an exact product name brings me to the product page (but
 having an option on that product page to search for posts, wiki
pages,
 etc.. for that product, because if i enter a product name, i might
 want to see wiki pages, etc.. related to that)
 * Entering an exact wiki page title brings me to the wiki page (e.g.
 "uploading to extras" brings me to the "Uploading_to_Extras" page)
 * Entering an exact username brings me to the profile page (again,
with
 a link there to do a full-text search)
 * Entering a function name brings up the documentation page for it
(e.g.
 I enter "HildonVolumebar" or "hildon_program_get_instance" and it
 opens up the api docs for that class/function)
 Alternatively to adding an option to do a full-text search to each
 entity (project, user, etc..), we could have two buttons (see
wikipedia
 for an example, they have "article" and "full-text"), one that does
the
 right thing as described above and one that defaults to full-text
 search.
 Of course, there might be technical constraints, but from the point
of
 view of a user and developer, I'd like to go to maemo.org, quickly
get
 what I want (user info, project info, developer docs, bug report)
and
 be done with it. I don't want to "learn" the structure (see second
 screenshot) of maemo.org, I want to get to the stuff I need
_right_now_
 and I want to get there fast. Still, if I use it often, and want to
 "learn" it a bit more, having that search box do things like above
is
 very cool and easy to learn.
 Also, the affordance of such a white box in the top right of a web
page
 is "type text and search away", not "select a category". See these
 pages and think about what the white box in the top right corner
does
 (no particular order or reason for picking these, just thinking of
 some more prominent company/project web sites):
 http://www.redhat.com/
 http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
 http://www.nokia.at/
 http://www.gnu.org/
 http://www.freebsd.org/
 http://slashdot.org/
 Putting a drop-down box there isn't a good solution, in my opinion.
 thp
 

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