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Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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lugnet.admin.database
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Sun, 10 Jan 1999 06:53:31 GMT
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James Brown writes:
> Todd Lehman writes:
> > > > - what you like about search engines
> > >
> > > As an interface tool they're great for ease of use, but still configurable
> > > enough (well-designed ones, at least) to keep the most perverse techno-geek
> > > happy.
> >
> > Do you have a wish-list in mind of all the possible things you'd love to see
> > be configurable?
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> Actually, it depends a great deal on what the engine is searching - I'll come
> up with a list when my brain is less broken. (:
I feel much better now...
Lets see. I would say that ideally, each of the following criteria could be
treated as part of an equation (<>= (value), !(value), etc) - in other words,
have them treatable as logical expressions.
Set number
set name
offical catagory/theme
unoffical catagory(ies)
'nickname'
piece count
availablity
time frame (when it was commonly available in stores)
MSRP
text description (I know, this one is tricky)
Review? (yes/no)
Review (v good/good/avg/poor/v. poor)
and any other relationships we have applying to the data. This is, of course,
an ideal. ;)
> > > > - what you've never seen before in a search engine, but would like to • see
> > >
> > > Stunning configurability, and super ease of use. I beleive in faeries, • too.
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> > Aw, configurability is just grunt work and lots of field testing. Of course
> > its still very helpful to know the types of things on wish-lists before
> > putting major pieces in stone.
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> > But when you say "super ease of use" -- that's the real design challenge!
> > In your mind, what qualifies as "super ease of use? Can you give 5 examples
> > of queries you'd enter and the results you'd expect back in order for it to
> > qualify as "super ease of use"?
I put a couple examples of 'advanced' search examples in .database:144, and now
that my brain is less broken, I'm inclined to say that "super ease of use" is
just a well-designed (and documented) interface, which is also something I went
into on #144.
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