Brion Vibber wrote:
Well, I'm more confused. :)
Ok, take e.g.:
http://test.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=Alan
The user _reads_:
Showing below 20 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
Article title matches
1. Alan
...
20. Alan Backer
Article text matches
1. Alan Smithee (2073 bytes)
...
20. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (726 bytes)
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
I (as a user) count 2 times 20 results equals 40..but why there's written:
"Showing below 20 results starting with #1." ?
I (as a user) think: this <ironic>stupid</ironic> programmers can't count,
(and tey have a computer doing this...).
I (as reader of the source code) know that this are two diffrent query's,
but the user don't know that unfortunatly.
I had a long discussion the last two days about SpecialContributions.php,
which do something similar, with more 'hidden' funny results. Because I
know you can read german, take a look:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Smurf/SpecialContributions.php
Especially the example from Olaf1541 is showing the problem very good. The
page is intented to explain the 'funny' restults to users, and is work in
progress ;) Some guys would substitute 'funny' with 'buggy', but I think
about it more in a 'feature' way.
Hope it helps to get you less confused.
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