Post in Search Prototype

2007 Jul 24 04:46 UTC

On Jul 13, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> The next line lists the tags (alias keywords) in the topic. As
> before, the tags are automatically generated, and are listed in
> order of importance. Richard has performed some optimisation
> miracles to get the tag generation quick as possible.

I've been thinking about this for a while and just decided to reply
now - with some feedback. Great work overall, but I'm a little
confused about the "user task" (sorry - I just had to say that) in
displaying the tags on this page:

    http://groupserver.org/index.html

I can see where the tags might be very helpful in searches. BUT, on a
page like this, it seems to me that the automatically generated tags
offer very little to the visitor and take up valuable space.

When you compare http://groupserver.org/index.html to http://forums.e-
democracy.org/

I like the additional white space on the Groupserver page, but I
think that each entry could get by with only two lines.

     Summary of Posts  --  GroupServer Development
     1 post — by Michael JasonSmith at Jul 23 23:42 UTC

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     15 posts — latest post by Michael JasonSmith at Jul 16 06:33 UTC

This would save lots of space. If the tags were generated by a human,
I might see the value of listing them, but as long as they are
automatically generated, I don't see them adding much value to this
page.

Anyway, this is just some feedback. Eager to hear if I'm missing the
point.  :-)

Tim Erickson