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Re: Web interface to LUGNET news moving from www.lugnet.com to news.lugnet.com
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:35:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Steve Martin writes:
The only change that I really don't like is the search dialog.  I liked
the separate ones better.  I now have to make an extra 2 clicks to look
something up.  That's unfortunate since I was delighted when you put the
search facility on the main page.  I do like the location at the top better
however.

Do you look up sets often?  If so, how does this utility work for you?

http://www.lugnet.com/quickset/


I think I wouldn't mind if the default place to search was the set catalog.
I know that I search that about 100 times more often than I do the news
groups.

I don't know what to say -- before, the set search was only available from the
homepage and the DB entry page, now it's available from every page via the
drop-down list.  Maybe the list-default selection should be customizable...?

--Todd



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Web interface to LUGNET news moving from www.lugnet.com to news.lugnet.com
 
(...) Todd, I tried quickset, but other applications kept stealing the browser window it ran in. It just wasn't as convienent for me as being on LUGNET's main page. I think a better implementation would have to be platform specific (an application (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Web interface to LUGNET news moving from www.lugnet.com to news.lugnet.com
 
(...) It seems like there could be room up there in the blue bar for multiple search boxes on every screen. Is that room slated for something else? Why not have boxes for set, parts, and news and a single radio button for current window/popup? Also, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Web interface to LUGNET news moving from www.lugnet.com to news.lugnet.com
 
(...) The only change that I really don't like is the search dialog. I liked the separate ones better. I now have to make an extra 2 clicks to look something up. That's unfortunate since I was delighted when you put the search facility on the main (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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