Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:44:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> To: joseph@randomnetworks.com Cc: anderson@centtech.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beta FreeBSD search engine Message-ID: <200207091944.MAA05507@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207091019300.726-100000@pebkac.owp.csus.edu> (message from Joseph Scott on Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:31:14 -0700 (PDT))
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Actually, I think I am backpeddling, because it would be a shame not to have alternative languages present. Sometimes, when I am desparate for answers I find myself reading japanese just for the command lines which are in them, and yes, sometimes that does the trick; and I certainly have no problem grokking german or spanish when within the limited domain that is Unix. Perhaps just check boxes for languages, so that one can check off all responses with which one is comfortable? Another possibility is to use language as a MSB for ranking. That is, all pages in the native or checked languages sort higher than the other ones, with "relevance" or whatever being the lesser sort. That way, if I speak Basque, and do a search, if any basque document is a good hit, it comes first, but as I scroll down, I will also see hits in the other languages? Hmmm and while we are shooting for the moon, I wonder if little flags could not appear by the pages, or maybe just the two-letter language code? BTW I just ran a couple searches on things I was just curious about like 'dhcp' and 'ports' to see what came up, and it looks like it has done a good job of finding a good "spread" of pages on the subject, with different themes than just many pages talking about all the same stuff. It reminds me of teoma. Oh, and how about a second search entry box at the bottom of the page like google does it? -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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