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Increase length of special:search result text snippet
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Description

As a reader, I want to be able to easily scan the search result page to easily locate the information I am looking for.

This work is focused on improving the layout of the page as part of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T306626

Requirements:

  • Snippet length is increased to XXX

Design specs:

  • Snippets: Show slightly longer count of words in the snippet to align all the text. Also allows the “preview” button to stay in the same location more or less.
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Event Timeline

Seddon renamed this task from Improved layout of the special:search page to Increase length of special:search result text snippet .May 4 2022, 11:33 AM
Seddon updated the task description. (Show Details)

As I am working through the design details I am finding that less text is better than more text for scanning content. And since we have quick view, users will naturally get more context. Hence I think we should close this ticket for now and have a task to re-evaluate the snippets later and figure out what changes will be most beneficial to the user at the time.

If we close this then could we capture snippet length investigation as a separate task in backlog so it is not lost?

If we close this then could we capture snippet length investigation as a separate task in backlog so it is not lost?

Sure, feel free to write a ticket capturing what you'd like to investigate!