Such a search block should also have a drop down for the version, IMO. Larry Garfield wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:06:51 +0200, Dries Buytaert <dries.buytaert@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree. A lot of these groups, like the contributed-module-ideas group (to some extend), are quick ugly hacks to work around an underlying problem. I'd prefer to see people spend their time on improving the underlying problem (i.e. module findability). It keeps amazing me why people aren't a little bit more critic towards these kind of hacks. I guess other people will fix the module findability problem then ...
My apologies to dww before I even say anything... :-)
Would it be difficult, once the search module is back on, to offer somewhere a search box that is pre-set to only search project nodes? I have found in the past that doing an Advanced search for my keyword(s) restricted to "project" nodes (shouldn't that be Project now?) is a surprisingly good way to track down a module. It's a PITA to have to do, though, especially when d.o is slow. Could we have some sort of optional-default-off "project search" block that just has that restriction pre-set? It doesn't need to be fancy, just forward to the normal search system for results.
And while we're on the subject, I'll reiterate my previous point that for 99% of all users, including those with CVS access, something in a person's sandbox does not exist.
--Larry Garfield
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