https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1864
Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #54 from Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> 2009-07-17 13:33:52 UTC --- (In reply to comment #52) > Speaking purely theoretically here, but it would be nice if could have a > JavaScript that does the following: > > 1) By default focus the search box on every page > 2) If user presses any of the arrows/page up/page down send those back to the > browser when the _search box is empty_ > > I wonder how viable is 2), anyone has an idea? What about if they use other platform-specific conventions for scrolling? Aren't there some Ctrl combinations for Mac, for instance? What about "search as you type"? Looking at some other sites: * dictionary.com auto-focuses search, but its front page doesn't need scrolling on typical desktop resolutions. * tfd.com auto-focuses search, and its front page does need scrolling (although not for the most interesting content, of course). * britannica.com doesn't auto-focus search. * encyclopedia.com auto-focuses search, and requires scrolling. * knol.google.com does not auto-focus search. * encarta.msn.com does auto-focus search, and requires scrolling. Well, if enwiki would just cut down the front page to half its current size, we'd have a really easy solution: there wouldn't be enough content on the main page to be worth scrolling. :) Do we have statistics on what percentage of visitors to the Main Page go on to search for something? Presumably a lot of searchers use, e.g., the Firefox search box, which is a lot faster (one less page load). Also, I wonder how many users look at the front page content before scrolling. Trevor, does the usability team have any opinion on this? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
