Re: [xwiki-devs] [GSOC][doubt] Solr Search Component

Hi Caty and Eduard, Thanks for your inputs. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht <paul(a)hoplahup.net> > > > > Le 29 juin 2012 à 16:59, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) a écrit : > > > > > What I would propose, besides advanced filters, is: > > > - by default show results only from current user language; > > > - allow to search and display for multiple/all languages only if you > are > > > using the advanced search; (display the results with the language mark > > [en, > > > de, etc.], sort by relevance); > > > - suggest results from other languages versions (like sergiu mentioned) > > if > > > there are no results for the current language + hint for advanced > search. > > > (This case may be when the page I look for haven't been yet translated > > and > > > at least I should see that the wiki contains results on my query, but > not > > > what I needed). > > > > I am not 100% sure this will be always wanted to use only "your" language > > (it is non-defined if just looking that the text quite often, wrong in a > > internet café in a country just a few kilometers away, ...). > > I, personnaly, would feel bad to enter en English sentence and find no > > matches because my environment is currently in French. > > > > As a result, I feel the right thing is to consider all languages of your > > environment (the xwiki language, the browser 1st, second, ... languages). > > But again, this might be a business decision. > > > > Advanced search masks are generally very very very badly considered. > > They're heavy, hard to read and most commonly unused. > > Facets, however, are the best way to enter the advanced search without > the > > user seeing it. > > > > I just want to say that when me and Eduard are talking about "advanced > search" we meant the ability to be able to filter and refine the search > results, doesn't matter if it's pre or post query, etc. We didn't insist on > advanced search solution. Faceted navigation as a search pattern is great > to be used. So we may have missed-used the domain terms. > Am planning to implement a advanced search, will create few mockups and share with you. I was going through the search improvements at http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Mockups/Search+Interface. But I didnt find any for advanced search with left bar for faceted navigation. e.g. http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues?q=has%3A+%7BDue+Date%7D+sort+by%3A+%7B… -- Thanks, Savitha.s