[kepler-dev] Simple Search

[Matt Jones]

Yep, going through the bugs yesterday someone definitely made that 
point.  Its in bugzilla somewhere, maybe in a closed bug -- search for 
reset or cancel in the closed bugs.

Matt

Matthew Brooke wrote:
> Hi Laura -
> 
> Yep - I agree with you on the necessity for the cancel button, but I was 
> sure I'd read/heard some discussion that there would be major issues in 
> implementing it.
> 
> Can anyone else on the list help out on this? Does it ring any bells? Or 
> has senility finally caught up with me?
> 
> m
> 
> 
> Laura L. Downey wrote:
> 
>>See below....
>>
>>Laura
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Matthew Brooke [mailto:brooke at nceas.ucsb.edu] 
>>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:31 PM
>>To: Laura L. Downey
>>Cc: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>>Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] Simple Search
>>
>>Hi Laura -
>>
>>Thanks for the response - more questions ;-)
>>
>>1) I think i read in a bug or email somewhere that the "cancel" button 
>>won't be implemented in the near future, because it's non-trivial to do 
>>so. Did I read that, or am I hallucinating? I can't find anything in 
>>bugzilla now
>>
>>[LLD>] I don't remember that but I know a cancel function is essential, in
>>case the user wants to stop the search for any reason (search is taking too
>>long, user changes his/her mind and wants to search for something else etc.)
>>
>>[LLD>]During user testing this was a huge problem, especially since some of
>>the ecogrid searches were taking like 5 and 10 minutes and we had no way to
>>stop those searches without rebooting the machine.  And since all the users
>>were trying to hit the ecogrid at the same time this really put a dent in
>>that part of the training and testing when that happened.
>>
>>[LLD>] Users need control of the application and should be able to cancel
>>operations if they need or desire to.
>>
>>2) What does the "source" button do in the simple search screen? 
>>Currently, only the data search tab has a "source" button
>>
>>[LLD>] See my previous answer to Shawn. :-)
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>m
>>
>>
>>Laura L. Downey wrote:
>>
>>>Sample attached.
>>>
>>>Laura L. Downey
>>>Senior Usability Engineer
>>>LTER Network Office
>>>Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
>>>1 University of New Mexico
>>>Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
>>>505.277.3157 phone
>>>505.277-2541 fax
>>>ldowney at lternet.edu
>>> 
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Shawn Bowers [mailto:sbowers at ucdavis.edu] 
>>>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:05 PM
>>>To: Laura L. Downey
>>>Cc: 'Chad Berkley'; 'Matthew Brooke'; kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>>>Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] Simple Search
>>>
>>>Laura, can you quickly give a pointer to a screen shot of how the five
>>>buttons 
>>>should be placed.
>>>
>>>-shawn
>>>
>>>Laura L. Downey wrote:
>>>
>>>>Sorry I meant to copy my response to Matthew to the list.  He was using
>>
>>an
>>
>>>>old design as a reference.  The current design does away with the text
>>
>>and
>>
>>>>concept checkboxes and contains actually five buttons:
>>>>
>>>>Search
>>>>Reset
>>>>Cancel
>>>>Source
>>>>Advanced Search
>>>>
>>>>So no I don't recommend that we get rid of the Reset button.  This is
>>>>something that came directly out of some simple user testing in which the
>>>>users couldn't reset things back to the original "browse" or pre-search
>>>
>>>view
>>>
>>>>that Chad mentions.
>>>>
>>>>Laura L. Downey
>>>>Senior Usability Engineer
>>>>LTER Network Office
>>>>Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
>>>>1 University of New Mexico
>>>>Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
>>>>505.277.3157 phone
>>>>505.277-2541 fax
>>>>ldowney at lternet.edu
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Chad Berkley [mailto:berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu] 
>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:48 PM
>>>>To: Matthew Brooke
>>>>Cc: Laura L. Downey; kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>>>>Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] Simple Search
>>>>
>>>>Currently, the reset button is the only way to reset the search results 
>>>>to the pre-search view.  If you do away with that button, you need to 
>>>>figure out some other way to get the tree back into the normal view.
>>>>
>>>>chad
>>>>
>>>>Matthew Brooke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Laura -
>>>>>
>>>>>Can you please clarify one of the proposed changes to the Simple Search 
>>>>>box (top left in kepler UI) -
>>>>>
>>>>>specifically, some of the powerpoint slides show the search box with no 
>>>>>reset button (see attached example), whereas bug #2108 ("changes to 
>>>>>simple search") mentions removing the "text" and "concept" checkboxes, 
>>>>>but does not mention removing the "reset" button.
>>>>>
>>>>>So should the reset button stay, or should it go?
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Matthew
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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