panos So today @germ hit me up with a suggestion to improve the Search page, and I did make a few changes:
-Removed the "Lookup" tab - initially I had moved this from the Navigation bar, where it was a separate item, into "Search" as a tab, but I realized it's not needed at all, since Search already identifies it and asks you if you enter any of the items that Lookup covers. So Lookup was just confusing, as I'm sure that new users have no idea what the hell it does and how it differs from Search. So it's gone, while functionality is maintained - even improved slightly, because now Search recognizes URLs starting with www. too, not only http. And this allowed me to use the binoculars icon again for "Show preview" in the posting form, like in Firefish! I wanted to do this from the start, but the icon was already used by Lookup.
-Added more filters to Search, making it more customizable.
-Minor UI changes, Posts and Users tabs are now more consistent, also Options are collapsed by default, in order to make the Search page less overwhelming.
Didn't make any progress on Direct messages today, but I think it was worth it. The improved Search page is now live on catodon.rocks.
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-Removed the "Lookup" tab - initially I had moved this from the Navigation bar, where it was a separate item, into "Search" as a tab, but I realized it's not needed at all, since Search already identifies it and asks you if you enter any of the items that Lookup covers. So Lookup was just confusing, as I'm sure that new users have no idea what the hell it does and how it differs from Search. So it's gone, while functionality is maintained - even improved slightly, because now Search recognizes URLs starting with www. too, not only http. And this allowed me to use the binoculars icon again for "Show preview" in the posting form, like in Firefish! I wanted to do this from the start, but the icon was already used by Lookup.
-Added more filters to Search, making it more customizable.
-Minor UI changes, Posts and Users tabs are now more consistent, also Options are collapsed by default, in order to make the Search page less overwhelming.
Didn't make any progress on Direct messages today, but I think it was worth it. The improved Search page is now live on catodon.rocks.
#Catodon
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