[pmwiki-users] Idea: Opera-like address field on the wiki page

[chr at home.se]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Neil Herber wrote:

> At 2005-02-02  11:00 PM +0100, chr at home.se is rumored to have said:
> >Does this make sense? Is it too advanced for normal users?
> 
> Most web sites seem to default to local searches in their "search" box, and 
> that is the behavior I expect. Some allow you to broaden the search with 
> radio buttons (search us, search the web).
> 
> I would strongly advise against changing the way search works on PmWiki.

In case I wasn't clear: I'm primarily suggesting we *extend* the 
functionality by allowing for instance a "search" request such as

	a Main/HomePage

to go to the address Main/HomePage rather than search for "a Main/HomePage".

We could of course change the 'a' to be for instance 'p:' (something that 
people are unlikely to write at the beginning of the search field). It'd 
then look like this

	p: Main/HomePage

So user's could essentially keep searching as before, and this 
functionality could be used once they're informed of it. (The information 
could be on the search page for instance). 

/Christian

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