Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:13:35 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> Cc: joseph@randomnetworks.com, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beta FreeBSD search engine Message-ID: <3D2B43EF.955661FC@centtech.com> References: <200207091944.MAA05507@eskimo.com>
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Ok, all good thoughts.. One question: How can I determine a language for a page by looking at it? Eric Ross Lippert wrote: > > 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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology He who laughs last didn't get the joke. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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