I like the new software in general, but (and I know we've talked about it before) I
really do not think the current search system is ideal. It's just not correct. Do a
search for "pi" or "george w bush" or "malcolm x" and see.
You and I know that we need three-character terms, but the average user will not, and will
be surprised, misled, and maybe even contemptuous to see the incorrect search results:
"No article title matches"
"No article text matches"
If it's too difficult to allow searches for terms of any length, then maybe the
software could ignore the terms that are under 3 characters and search for the remaining
terms.
I think also that the search page should have a warning about how searches for 3 character
words work.
At the very least, the returned message should not report that we do not have an article
on a topic when some of the search terms are three characters or less.
cheers,
kq
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