one more thought on searching this list. the search on the IxDA site is pretty bad actually.. i was trying to use it today and it seemed like it was only searching message subjects. makes it hard to find previous threads that might relate to your question.
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Cindy Alvarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For situations where the "old answers" don't age (i.e. how do I do X in > HTML?), I wouldn't put the burden on the users - that's doomed to failure - > but why not incorporate it into the posting process automatically? > > - On the post page, put a "Do you want to search and see if someone's > already answered your question?" -- but off to the side > - Let people write their question out and click Continue > - Show the post preview AND automatically return the search results for > answers that may answer their questions > - If user clicks on one of the "old answers", it should probably open > in-page using AJAX or in a separate window > - If user goes ahead and posts anyways, fine. -- Matt Nish-Lapidus work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.bibliocommons.com -- personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
