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

[quiddity]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
...
> 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."
>
....


This function was disabled because of this bug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29/Archive_75#Search_clips_off_last_few_letters_in_Vector
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23498
If you typed too fast, it would cut-off letters.

Quiddity

p.s. on-wiki feedback about search seems to be coagulating at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_experience_feedback/search_box
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/May_2010_skin_change