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Old 11-28-2008, 01:21 PM   #22
ClayDowling
 
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Default Re: The GCA Repository (GCA file archive)

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Originally Posted by tmedwards
As has already been pointed out, just clicking search will yield all packages for you, is the "Search with no terms specified to browse all packages" note that poorly placed?
Yes, it's that poorly placed. The fact that you put it there at all is the problem. The fact that you need it is the root of the problem.

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Originally Posted by tmedwards
What if I were to invert the search, so to speak, and make it sort of a filter instead. The default view of the database would be an unfiltered listing of the entire database, the same as if you entered an empty search now. You could then use the search/filter controls to narrow that list, if needed. I assume that would be an acceptable modification to the interface?
That is the way it definitely should work. In fact I think that until it gets very large (several hundred entries), that's the ideal interface.
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