Update: I started a side thread to look into this, and am reporting back
here.
Baha noted: "Modern, Monobook, and Vector do track events. Cologne Blue,
however, doesn’t and it’s because the search input field doesn’t have the
‘searchInput’ id."
Timo added some extra context: "However our instrumentation isn't applied
to searchSuggest in general. It's explicitly applied to the main "search
input" field (which is only recognised in Vector and Monobook). So we're
not capturing the autocompleted title fields in general (such as on
Special:WhatLinksHere). The two (!) search bars in Cologne Blue also fall
in this category. They get search suggestions but only because it uses
autocompletion in general. If we instrument them all, we'd also get hits
form Special:WhatLinksHere and other title input fields.
Monobook, while having a double-button search field, is included in this
instrumentation from what I can see. They're not mutually exclusive. You
can recognise "primary" search fields (which we instrument) by them having
a "Containing [phrase]..." entry at the bottom of the list of options."
I was curious if there would be skew from lack of inclusion of something
like Cologne. Looks like based on some queries that Timo ran and the link
at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turning_off_outdated_skins/stats
Federico pointed out it's probably not too much of a problem. If case
people were wondering, the sampling is set at 1:1000 pages for inclusion on
the jQuery / ResourceLoader compatible UAs.
Thanks Baha, Federico, and Timo for helping fill in details!
-Adam
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
The other major option is just giving up. It would
seem in a sense at
first blush there isn't too much giving up type behavior from the search
box (top right corner of screen on my English keyboarded desktop
experience) for English specifically. Good question on the wire up with
different skins. I'll check on that.
On Monday, June 15, 2015, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Adam Baso, 15/06/2015 23:00:
people either click on an OpenSearch result from
the set or dropdown
results or press ENTER / click on the magnifying glass icon
What are the other options they have? Does this differentiate between
Vector ("Go" button + "Containing..." footer) and monobook (Go or
Search
buttons)?
Nemo
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