[mb-users] A Call For Feedback - "StructuredXHTML" branch

[Aaron Cooper]

On 7/12/07, Frederik 'Freso' S. Olesen <freso.dk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/7/12, Oliver Charles <oliver.g.charles at googlemail.com>:
> >Now then, the important note about the search fields. Currently,
> >these fields are confusing, as each field is exclusive. That is,
> >entering data in both the artist and release fields is meaningless,
> >it will only take data from the last field (the one you submitted).
> >Rather than coding something to allow a union of these fields, Brian
> >suggested we change it to just one field, and instead use a combo box
> >to choose what to search. This loses the javascript, makes search
> >more compact, and it makes more sense. I'm all for it, and have added
> >a sidebar module (that's not functional) to see how it looks. Any
> >objections?
>
> I like this one far more than the pentuple of text boxes - though I
> would probably prefer to see the drop down above the text field (so
> that I pick what I want to search in, before entering the search
> terms), I but I don't know which would be more usable/accessible.
> Apart from being more logical, taking up less space, not using
> JavaScript, ..., it also adds an easy way of adding additional
> searches without taking up more space. Whether that'll come into use
> is another question entirely. ;) (Perhaps a set of options for
> registered/logged in users to pick which searches they want readily
> available?)

My *big* problem with this is that Firefox on Mac OS-X (at least for
me) does not tab to drop-down lists.  Every time I wanted to search
I'd have to dig out my mouse and use it to select the search.  If that
is how it will work, I'd prefer the separate search fields by a long
shot.

-Aaron