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Hmmm... OK, I get it now.  I assume that the search applications drop down
would limit itself to listing those applications below the current
category. (Ie drill down.)

I think it's a cool/good feature, but that it should be in the advanced
search not the "simple search" as it is now.


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On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Jason Pincin wrote:

> > the toolbar you were making, and I thought the word applications there would
> > confuse people (it confused me).
> 
> Well... it's confusing to us because we're familiar with the internal design of
> everything, and we know that everything resides in the Categories table... visitors
> to the site won't, and don't need to know that.  To them, it makes sense that
> Apache be called an application, not a categoy even though it will be that.
> Example:
> 
> Distributions
>   RedHat
>     Networking
>       DNS
>       WEB
>         Apache
>         Squid
> 
> I'm not saying that's exactly how we'll set the tree up, but lemme use it as an
> example.  In the above example, we have 7 categories.  Of those 7 categories, THREE
> would display on the "Chhose Your Application" drop down box.  Those three would be
> DNS, Apache, and Squid.  Why?  Because those 3 do not have any sub-categories, they
> are the bottom rung, and hence meet the definition I'm proposing as an
> "application".  
> 
> Now as I said, you can simply select the app, or you can begin to navigate down
> through that tree that I've created above.  I realize this may be confusing, but
> does everyone understand what I'm saying now?  And if so... what are people's
> thoughts?
> 
> Lemme know.
> 
> > Alright, I am working on them now.
> 
> Awsome!
> 
> Jason
> 
> 


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