[seqfan] Re: Lack-a-day

[Tanya Khovanova]

We can have it more apparent. We can have words "learn more" emphasized and linked to the full page of the sequence. 

--- On Thu, 12/2/10, Marc LeBrun <mlb at well.com> wrote:

> From: Marc LeBrun <mlb at well.com>
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Lack-a-day
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 1:44 PM
> I think the new top-level search
> behavior, while well-intentioned, is
> causing a lot of needless confusion and ought to be
> changed.
> 
> As I understand it, the new behavior is to show the basic
> sequence along
> with only such other lines as contain terms in the input
> search query.
> 
> That behavior is optimized to reduce irrelevant clutter in
> scenarios where
> the user is doing a very focused search.  However the
> downside is that
> displayed results are shorn of potentially relevant
> context, which is
> critical in other scenarios, especially the common "casual"
> use case.
> 
> It also differs from how popular search engines (Google et
> al) behave.
> 
> It is true that clicking on the A123456 link at the top
> left of the sequence
> gets you to the full entry, but this isn't readily
> apparent, thus requiring
> more special knowledge and an involving an extra step.
> 
> My recommendation is to change the "home page" behavior
> back to displaying
> full listings, and provide the new tighter search behavior
> as an option for
> power users.
> 
> 
> >="Charles Greathouse" <charles.greathouse at case.edu>
> 
> > I think the issue is that he didn't see the full
> sequence in the
> > search results, which was the old behavior.  The
> new search results
> > only show the name and sequence number.  This
> makes it easier to scan
> > through several sequences (especially if some are
> long) but means that
> > for more details you must click on the sequence
> number.
> > 
> > Charles Greathouse
> > Analyst/Programmer
> > Case Western Reserve University
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Olivier Gerard <olivier.gerard at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Dear Richard,
> >> 
> >> Every OEIS user is entitled to see the whole entry
> and for
> >> such an oldie and goodie, there is much to read.
> >> 
> >> It may be an incorrect link or glitch in the
> browser you use.
> >> 
> >> Can you try
> >> 
> >> http://oeis.org/A007598
> >> 
> >> <http://oeis.org/A007598>and tell us if
> you see only the sequence ?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> 
> >> Olivier
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 19:13, Richard Guy <rkg at cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>          I'm very discouraged at the way
> OEIS
> >>> is going.  I suppose it's just the
> inevitability
> >>> of my old age.  Here is a (final?)
> contribution,
> >>> though recent experience suggests that no-one
> >>> will take any notice.
> >>> 
> >>>          It seems to me (though my Mother
> always
> >>> told me that I'm not a good looker!) that
> there
> >>> is nothing under A007598 except the bare
> sequence.
> >>> Or is that all I'm allowed to see these days?
> >>> 
> >>>          It's a divisibility sequence.
>  It is
> >>> a third order recurring sequence with
> characteristic
> >>> polynomial    x^3 - 2x^2 - 2x + 1,
> >>>             roots -1, tau^2, 1/tau^2
> >>> generating function  x(1-x)/(1-2x-2x^2+x^3)
> >>> 
> >>>          And there must be occurrences in
> the real
> >>> world?
> >>> 
> >>>          Goodbye!  It was fun while it
> lasted.  R.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>
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