[WikiEN-l] [Wikipedia-l] full-text searching since the Vector switch in en.wikipedia

[Magnus Manske]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> The link to Special:Search is the magnifying glass icon next to (or
>> in) the search box.
>>
>> To get "Search" instead of "Go", do what Magnus Manske suggested a few days ago:
>>
>> "just type your search query, then hit the "cursor up" key to select
>> the last point in the dropdown box, which is the good ol' search
>> function. Hit enter, and there you go."
>
> It seems this is no longer possible?
>
> Strange, as it was possible before and even announced here:
>
> http://techblog.wikimedia.org/tag/usability-vector-search/
>
> "The “Search” and “Go” buttons are gone, but their functionality live
> on. As you type, search suggestions are offered and accessible via the
> mouse or keyboard using the up and down arrow keys. “Go” is still the
> default action, executed by pressing the enter key on the keyboard. To
> perform a full-text search, users can click on the “containing” option
> within the search suggestions or press the up arrow key on the
> keyboard."
>
> But pressing the down button does nothing any more. *sigh*

Yeah, they replaces A&B with C&D, then silently removed D. Be thankful
that you still have C, you ungrateful user, you!!!!!

Magnus