User blog comment:Dopp/New Global Search, plus Updates to Local Search/@comment-4674838-20120509203822


 * "Having the Multimedia, Advanced Search, and other options at the bottom of the search page wasn’t the easiest to find, so we’ve made them clear and useful at the top of the page"

I love this change, thanks! Using those options just became 10 times easier.

Edit: Searching in the advanced tab is not working properly when it comes to unselecting boxes for which namespace to search.
 * 1) Go to the Advanced tab of Special:Search
 * 2) Check the Help box to search the Help namespace, then search for time.
 * 3) Read through the list of search results but don't actually go to any of the pages (do not leave Special:Search)
 * 4) Uncheck the Help box and check MediaWiki to search only the MediaWiki namespace. Search for "time". You'll still get results from the Help namespace -- this should not happen.

Also, when all boxes are unselected, I would intuitively expect to get no search results and a warning saying "Hey, you're not seeing any search results because you didn't specify any namespaces to search!" What instead happens is I do in fact see search results from various namespaces (I have no clue which, because all boxes are unchecked)
 * 1) Go to the Advanced tab of Special:Search
 * 2) Search for "time" without checking any boxes.