Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:02:48 +0530 (IST) From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sorting order in mail list searches Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.9911290357140.11723-100000@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <19991128223018.B1209@paula.panke.de.freebsd.org>
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> > It seems that when you do a search on the mailing list archives, > > specifying for instance "limit results to 25" and "sort by date", > > it doesn't pick the most recent 25: it picks the best-scoring 25 > > and sorts those by date. > > engine.) I believe that the most natural thing -- what people > > would take it to mean -- is that it should sort all matches > > according to your criterion (score/date/etc) and then pick the > > top 25 (or whatever). Alternatively, you could describe better > > on the page what it actually does: it is possible that its > > present way of working is more useful. > Do you have an idea for a better description? How about adding "highest scoring matches" after the "limit the number of results to..." line? That is, it says now: Limit the number of results to [25] sort by [score] [submit query] [reset] That could be changed to: Limit the number of results to [25] highest scoring matches Sort results by [score] [submit query] [reset] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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