We discovered a regression regarding full-text search on the site.
A quick take on the blank search results: there is a blank screen at the
beginning, which is off-putting, and at the end of typing (when no article
matches the string entered). Ordinarily, hitting search on the keyboard
would invoke full-text search, and spelling errors would invoke "Did you
mean."
We need to fix full-text search urgently, and then make it more intuitive,
as well as apply "Did you mean." But we also need to make the types of
search more obvious, in terms of their intended behavior. Otherwise people
will keep thinking this is "not as easy as Google search."
During the Android app development, Yuvi suggested a way of blending
type-ahead suggestions and full-text search, but the initial take was to
separate them. This will take more thinking through and clearly should be
part of the new UI project.
Phil
PS: Thanks for the suggestion about
useragentstring.com.
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Erik Moeller
<erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Here are my test videos from the Android test.
I've added annotations
to each one for some notable moments.
And the iPhone ones:
https://accounts.usertesting.com/TestResults.aspx?p4n1n6v8t4h3i4e5
The consistent pattern here is the same frustration with hitting "No
results" in the search. Will watch more closely tonight to see if I
spot any other major issues that have not been mentioned already.
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