On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Galen Charlton <g...@esilibrary.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Apr 6, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Chris Nighswonger wrote: > > Perhaps a simple radio button setup with "exact" and "like" options in > the patron search interface would allow both types of searches without the > inconvenience of having to select one *or* the other via a syspref. > > Indeed. But I'm going to play the devil's advocate for a moment: is > providing such an option something that would be of real use, or would it be > UI noise? > Yes. Or at least the functional equivalent. Most searches I've seen elsewhere at least have an "advanced" option which includes the ability to do both an exact search and a "contains" search. I would further postulate that libraries with thousands of patrons might appreciate the option to do both without having to go through the multi-step process of changing a syspref. Noise is acceptable so long as it does not raise the overall noise floor... ;-)
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