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Re: 2 Things...
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Date: 
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:50:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Christopher Masi writes:
> Yep, I vote for set search on the front page too. I blindly put the name
> of the set into the box at the top of the page and was greeted with
> several articles.  I was momentarily confused. I thought I had put in the
> wrong url.

Was this before or after the additional text was added?--

   Looking for a LEGO set by number?  Try Here!
                                      ~~~~~~~~~

(That's what comes up at the top if you type in a numeric query.  The "Try
here" part is a link into the sets-DB.)


> I did find
> the Pause search though. My first impression was change is bad, but I do
> not really think it is bad. The news groups get top billing now, and that
> is what this is all about. Getting the set data base of the front page
> makes it more clear the the data base is associated with Pause. I must
> admit that the only thing I use from Pause is the set search, I have no
> idea what Pause is. So, if the goal is to make us more "Pause" conscious
> then the change is certainly doing that.

Aha, OK, yes, now would be a good time to change the title of the link.
I changed it to say "Database of LEGO Sets", which isn't 100.00% accurate
but should be less confusing.  If you think of something better, please let
me know.  It might even be necessary to raise it another notch in visibility
somehow.


> Change scares me,

You're not alone! -- change scares 99% of everyone.

--Todd



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  Re: 2 Things...
 
Sorry, I left you hanging. I was serching by name, so I just got a list of articles. Thanks for adding the set search box...I'm a netscape user mostly. Chris (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: 2 Things...
 
Yep, I vote for set search on the front page too. I blindly put the name of the set into the box at the top of the page and was greeted with several articles. I was momentarily confused. I thought I had put in the wrong url. I did find the Pause (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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