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celtschk says in a comment that we could show all relevant results and help the searcher by sorting those results in a useful order: Another [way] to handle it would be to order the results by h...
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#1: Initial revision
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Michael
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2024-07-25T15:42:18Z (4 months ago)
[celtschk][] says [in a comment][comment] that we could _show_ all relevant results and help the searcher by _sorting_ those results in a useful order: > Another [way] to handle it would be to order the results by how well the search term matches. The exact match, if it exists, should certainly be the top result. The score for the remaining maches could then be how much of the user name matches (when typing "tri", and there [exists] a username "trixie", that should come before "trichoplax"). Matches that come earlier in the user name could score higher (so the when searching "tri", "trixie" coms before "matrix". Also you could make search case insensitive, but score the results after matching case (so a search for "Tri" sorts "Trick" above "trial". > > Think about search engines: You don't mind getting thousands of hits if the hit you want is on the first page. And if it isn't, you are glad that you still can access further pages. This makes sense to me. It sounds like the suggested order criteria are - Result starts with match - Result with shortest length - Result case matches search [celtschk]: https://meta.codidact.com/users/8056 [comment]: https://meta.codidact.com/comments/thread/9665#comment-24310