Re: Categorizing search results

On 2010-12-29, at 1:30 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > We need someone to design the frontpage and download page.. > And add some padding between paragraphs. > And maybe fix the cross-browser issues. > Once that is done, I'm ok with going live, and dealing with whatever > there is left then. > > I fear if we wait until everything is perfect we will start loosing > interest again and we have to wait another year for more activity. > > Also, working by priority lists makes it hard accommodate the 'scratch > an itch' drive-by contributions :P > Having just a normal todo list would be nice. I'd love if someone > would post a todo list to this list :D Yup agreed. Personally, I've scratched my itch on the auto-complete and am ready to move on to other parts of the site. Seems like you have more scratching you want to to, so fill your boots :) > Yeah.. The ranking is a PITA with categorizing. We could still sort > the hits per-category by ranking, but which category should be first? > - Whoever has the best match? > Then the order would change on every keystroke, making it quite > confusing to quickly select an item > - Fixed category order > Wouldn't list the best match first.. Exactly. Ultimately, I think a flat list is the most pragmatic solution. Stew