Re: [boost] [website] Proposal for new page - Libraries By Type

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-21 16:57:33

Beth Jacobson <bethj_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Most of your objections seem to be with the new page's usefulness in 
> searching, and I agree that the arrangement I'm suggesting is less than 
> ideal for that. Maybe the answer is to have separate pages: one for 
> browsing and one for searching. If I understand correctly, David's 
> objection is that that two category pages (or one 'by category' and one 
> 'by type') will be confusing because people have no good way of choosing 
> between them. David, could we avoid this just by changing the name of 
> the new page  from 'By Type' to 'Browse the Libraries' or something like 
> that? If we try to make one page work for both browsing and searching, 
> I'm afraid we'll end up compromising on both.

I'm afraid I don't understand the distinctions you're trying to draw.
When I think of "searching" in conjunction with the web I'm thinking
about using a search engine.  Everything else is browsing to me.  So,
no, I don't think that would reduce confusion.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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