Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:46:11 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: webmaster@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org search box broken again. Fix it. Message-ID: <202004271346.03RDkBZ2050217@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:23:27 %2B0200."
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"Julian H. Stacey" wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org has a search box, that's broken & often has been. > Try typing any one of > ls > camera > kde > 3 Empty pages ! > > Compare with direct use of the search engine freebsd.org fails to use: > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=freebsd.org++ls&t=h_&ia=web > The FreeBSD Project > ls(1) [freebsd man page] > > FreeBSD search box was OK decades back I recall, but broken often > since (in attempts for local based search I think?). Let's throw > it out & revert to something simple & reliable that works. If > tinkerers want we could also offer a 2nd button underneath for > support of fancy experimental local based search apt to break. > > Please fix it to call the existing duckduck properly, or if you can't > call some other search engine, here's a list http://www.berklix.net/search/ > > FreeBSD will have lost a lot of interest over a long time, with our > search box so often broken, returning nothing or not enough useful. > > An example of multiple search boxes on http://www.berklix.org/ > Type in Jitsi & get > https://www.google.com/search?q=jitsi&domains=berklix.org&sitesearch=berklix.org&btnG=Search > I've never needed time to maintain it, it's simple & worked for decades. PS The search box works on https://wiki.freebsd.org/ ! Cheers -- Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engineer, BSD Linux http://berklix.com/jhs/ http://www.berklix.org/corona/#masks 150 Euro fine or tie 2 handkerchiefs ? www.bbc.com/news/business-52304821 Brexit 31 Dec 2020 will further hit UK & EU
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