[WikiEN-l] Updated new search interface on the prototype

[Naoko Komura]

Hi, everyone.

We have received problem reports and feedback that search queries were 
truncated sometimes and the search suggestions were hard to read or 
chose due to the limited width. We apologize for introducing broken 
behaviors in using the search.  In order to mitigate spreading the 
problem, the new search function was disabled on May 15, and the search 
field was increased by fifty percent on May 18. We are aware that this 
temporary fix still does not accommodate the search for long article 
names.  

We have updated the new search interface to address the issues above and 
it is currently staged on the the prototype [1]. This update addresses 
the reported issues such as truncation of search queries [2] and the 
search suggestions are cut-off [3]. Prototypes in various languages are 
also available here[4].

Please give it a spin and let us know your feedback. If the 
functionality is confirmed solid, we would like to re-enable the new 
search feature later this week.

Thanks a bunch in advance,


- Naoko

User Experience Programs @ WMF


[1] http://prototype.wikimedia.org/en.wikipedia.org

[2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23498

[3] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23558

[4] http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Prototype


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