[Haskell-cafe] haskell-search.org | research tools for Haskell

[m at j4.pe]

You can add the bugs on github this will push me to solve it. At the
moment this is a POC. The principle is very simple. HTML / JS to call a
REST webservice (i use www.open-search-server.com). I can write the
front with Yesod or Snap but rewrite the search engine in haskell is
just impossible for me. Before I want to see if it useful or not.

regards

fuuzetsu at fuuzetsu.co.uk writes:

> On 09/02/14 17:46, m at j4.pe wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to introduce http://haskell-search.org/. The idea is to
>> index the most common Haskell sites to facilitate research on
>> Haskell. It is a version for testing. If you like it, I can leave it
>> running.
>> 
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have found a 2 bugs and 2 annoyances in the first 20 seconds. First
> bug:
>
> 1. Go to the main page 2. Type something in the search, such as
> ‘functor’ and wait for the suggestion list to appear.  3. Press return
>
> We now get results but the suggestion list stays open, resulting in
> the results being obscured.
>
> Second bug: The ‘Previous’ button is always clickable even if we're on
> the first page.
>
> First annoyance: It's all a single page! The browser ‘back’ buttons &c
> do not work!  Please stop this if at all possible, it makes browsing
> close to impossible. It's the same thing with the ‘Next’ and
> ‘Previous’ buttons.  Same for results with 0 pages.
>
> Second annoyance: We're not told which page we're on at all.
>
> Let me know if you prefer these as bugs on GitHub instead.
>
> Other than those problems, I think this might turn out to be useful
> although it definitely needs some usability polish.
>
> PS: It'd be much cooler if the code running the site was in Haskell!