On 24/01/07, Tangotango tangotango@wikignome.net wrote:
Ironically, I'm currently in the process of developing a full-text (i.e., image titles and descriptions) gallery-based search engine for images on Commons. The code and interface has been there since December, it just needs frequent updating of the index and moving to the toolserver, and a few more tweaks. Although I can't make any promises, I expect the tool to be up and running by mid-February.
A lot of attention suddenly. :) Any chance you could make it a full-blown extension rather than a toolserver job? ( http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8738 )
We already have a lot of super-useful/critical tools relying on the toolserver, and as we can well see, it's not always so reliable...anything super-useful/critical is best off ultimately as part of MediaWiki.
Wait, that was the original point to my post! ;)
Anyway I and the other Commoners will await such developments with interest.
cheers, Brianna