Closed Bug 568540 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Consider showing an error message when users search for invalid/black-listed characters

Categories

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Search, enhancement)

enhancement
Not set
normal

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(Not tracked)

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: krupa.mozbugs, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [z])

steps to reproduce: Search for $ or ^ Searching for $ is treated as a flat search and we return 1000 add-ons which are not related to the search term.This might be confusing for our users. We should probably show some user message like -"That is not a valid search term.Please try entering something more specific"
We're not getting that many queries for "$" and "^" to justify special behavior for those terms.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
(In reply to comment #0) > steps to reproduce: > Search for $ or ^ > > Searching for $ is treated as a flat search and we return 1000 add-ons which > are not related to the search term.This might be confusing for our users. You're the only one that does it.
I guess I could consider doing this if the message said: "Sorry Krupa, we are ignoring you."
(In reply to comment #3) > I guess I could consider doing this if the message said: > > "Sorry Krupa, we are ignoring you." "Nice try Krupa!"
Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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