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Archive feature request (very small nag).

ZnorXmanZnorXman
edited July 2009 in Infoseek database
Hello and hi there!

1. Add to ToDo list*:
When user clicks "Search" place cursor automatically in the "Search expression" box.

Along those lines:
2. Add to ToDo list*:
When user clicks "Advanced Search" place cursor automatically in the top "Title" box.

Thank you ;-)

*Please and pretty please.
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  • mheidemheide
    edited July 2009
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    1. Add to ToDo list*:
    When user clicks "Search" place cursor automatically in the "Search expression" box.

    That would mean the page scrolls to the bottom to focus every time you open the Archive! page.
    Every other link to search (e.g. the one on the main page) does the requested auto-focus, though.
    Along those lines:
    2. Add to ToDo list*:
    When user clicks "Advanced Search" place cursor automatically in the top "Title" box.
    Good call, and now done (turned off with the same config option.)
  • Philip KendallPhilip Kendall
    edited July 2009
    mheide wrote: »
    That would mean the page scrolls to the bottom to focus every time you open the Archive! page.

    So do the autofocus only if the #search anchor is present in the URL.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    Philip Kendall wrote: »
    So do the autofocus only if the #search anchor is present in the URL.

    Thank you, that's kind of what I was getting at, i.e. place the cursor AFTER clicking http://www.worldofspectrum.org/archive.html#search and not at immediate load-up of the page.
    mheide wrote: »
    Good call, and now done (turned off with the same config option.)

    Thanks!

    :-)
  • mheidemheide
    edited July 2009
    Philip Kendall wrote: »
    So do the autofocus only if the #search anchor is present in the URL.

    Okay, but since it's a static page, that would require Javascript.
    It can probably be done in Javascript, but that feels wrong (having to turn the focus on or off by turning Javascript on or off is counter-intuitive to the otherwise used infoseekconfig tool).

    How about removing that search form from the Archive! page and making the #search link at the top go straight to infoseek.cgi like all other search links on the site? It would be more consistent.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    mheide wrote: »
    How about removing that search form from the Archive! page and making the #search link at the top go straight to infoseek.cgi like all other search links on the site? It would be more consistent.

    Gets my thumbs up.

    It's a logical step to take with minimal fuss.
  • mheidemheide
    edited July 2009
    Okiedokie, now done!
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    mheide wrote: »
    Okiedokie, now done!

    "Service Temporarily Unavailable

    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.    "

    EDIT below ... sorry spelank miztuk.
    [strike]and also :

    "Not Found

    The requested URL /archive.htm was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.    "[/strike]
  • mheidemheide
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, maintenance as suggested. Tons of disk I/O. Now silent again.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2009
    mheide wrote: »
    Yeah, maintenance as suggested. Tons of disk I/O. Now silent again.


    Whew! That's ok then ... the other one would have been worse ... "capacity problems" :grin:
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