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Re: [Treebase-devel] query results not discarded upon new query
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From: Arlin S. <ar...@um...> - 2010-12-04 15:04:26
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On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote: > Arlin - I agree completely. Would you mind adding this to the feature > tracker (or given how broken from a usability perspective this is, you > might as well add it to the bug tracker). done: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3127413&group_id=248804&atid=1126676 arlin > -hilmar > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Arlin Stoltzfus wrote: > >> Dear all-- >> >> I think the web-based search interface is misleading in a way that >> will frustrate users. The search is progressive, but this isn't >> advertised, and users are not accustomed to it. If a newbie issues a >> query, gets some results, and realizes from the results that she is >> searching for the wrong thing, then she is going to enter a new query >> value and try to search again. She'll see either a) a yellow warning >> bar saying "No matching studies found", followed by the list of >> studies that were found (in the previous query), or b) a result list >> that is only a subset of what she really wants, because its a subset >> of the earlier botched query. >> >> This isn't an imaginary example. It happened to me when I first >> tried >> the new query interface. Then it happened to me again because I >> forgot >> what I had learned the first time. >> >> I didn't see the "Discard all Results" button because I wasn't >> looking >> for it, and because its at the bottom of the list, which means that >> if >> you get more than 3 or 4 hits, its going to be below the browser pane >> and invisible. >> >> I would suggest to make each search independent, i.e., clear the >> results with each new query, rather than using a progressive search. >> Alternatively, the messages could be more informative and the >> "discard" button could be put at the top of the list. In any case, >> it >> wouldn't hurt to widen the layout and abbreviate the titles so that >> the results list takes up less space. >> >> Arlin >> ------- >> Arlin Stoltzfus (ar...@um...) >> Fellow, IBBR; Adj. Assoc. Prof., UMCP; Research Biologist, NIST >> IBBR, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD >> tel: 240 314 6208; web: www.molevol.org >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports >> standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. >> Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating >> great >> experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Treebase-devel mailing list >> Tre...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/treebase-devel > > -- > =========================================================== > : Hilmar Lapp -:- Durham, NC -:- informatics.nescent.org : > =========================================================== > > > ------- Arlin Stoltzfus (ar...@um...) Fellow, IBBR; Adj. Assoc. Prof., UMCP; Research Biologist, NIST IBBR, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD tel: 240 314 6208; web: www.molevol.org |
