User blog comment:Dopp/Updates to How We Search/@comment-3444778-20120504203208

I like the idea behind this update, but it just makes things really inconvenient. For example, if I need to change someone's user rights, I would just search "Special:Userrights/Username" and BOOM I'm there. If I want to swap wikis, as I often do every several minutes exchanging data, I just search "w:c:wikiname", followed by a specific page if need be. I thought this update was a glitch at first, it's pretty displeasing... And I normally don't say that about Wikia updates; Chat, Message Walls, Article Comments, mini editor, etc., have all done wonders for me when most others just complain about them. But I'm still trying to find a way to conveniently work around this update. Perhaps it would be wiser to have an option for which method of search to be used in Special:Preferences, or at least a checkbox near the search toolbar?