Just pondering a slight modification to the way super search displays its results. The problem is that replies in a thread are often out of context without their parents.

Consider the following two results - lifted straight from super search. The first result is a reply to a node - if I want to read the whole thread I need to go to the reply and then go to the root thread.

2002-02-26 Ovid (Ovid) Re: Script (ovid's) explanation Re:SoPW
2002-03-21 gmax Introduction to Tree::DAG_Node Tut

I would like a link to be placed next to replies that lets you jump directly to the root node if the result is a reply. The following is a suggested format:

2002-02-26 Ovid (Ovid) Re: Script (ovid's) explanation root node Re:SoPW
2002-03-21 gmax Introduction to Tree::DAG_Node - Tut

I know that super search already gives the DB a hard time. However compared to chugging through the database this small mod should not add too much strain. It would make searching (for me at least) much slicker.

It could be made really slick if each reply in a thread was labeled with a <a name="147658">. This would allow the link to the root node to look like this: <a href="/index.pl?node_id=147625#147658">root node</a> and then you would jump to the reply in the thread. I appreciate that this involves a more fundamental change to the code base.

--tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics

In reply to Suggestion for root node link in super seach results. by EvdB

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