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

[Charles Matthews]

David Goodman wrote:
> Not bad in terms of function, except for the small size of the search
> box, which should be twice the current size there.   But it would
> still be better on the left side, under the logo.
>
>   
Ah, but it would be "confusing" to be out of step with other websites, 
wouldn't it? Never mind that Wikipedia is sui generis and well known in 
its own terms, it would be "confusing" not to conform to other sites in 
having design imposed, not bubbling up from the community of editors 
(who admittedly only make the site what it is). No matter how much you 
paid an established editor, the required level of ignorance could not be 
attained without re-education. It would also be confusing to have a 
"search" function that actually searched the site, rather than being 
based on assumptions about what people wanted when they tried to search 
the site.

Charles