Status changed to Installed by

Thank you for the suggestion. The new OCLC Community Center provides an improved search results display list. Community members will now see the subject or title of each post, as well as the name of the person who made the post, the name of the community board where the topic was posted, a short excerpt of the post, and additional post metadata. We appreciate your feedback!

SherriLangton
Community Member
Status: Installed

Description of Enhancement


The results of a search for discussions are hard to skim. I find myself clicking on most results to see if it's what I'm looking for.  I would like the subject line of the discussion item to be included at the head of the result, before the brief summary.


Issues Enhancement Will Resolve


Make it easier to find what I need. Hopefully avoid the addition of new discussions on the same topic.


Current Workaround


None. Just keep digging until you find it or give up.

4 Comments
Richard_Broekman
Community Member
I came here to create an enhancement, only to see it already exists. Please add the subject line, it will greatly improve the usability of search results. The results list only shows the first two lines of posts and in many cases this means it shows a salutation and an empty line, or just two other introductory lines that are insufficient information to know whether it is worth clicking through to the actual post. To know the subject of a discussion would avoid a lot of clicking through to posts that are not useful (for that particular search).
Candace_Lebel
Community Member
Yes, please!  I frequently give up when searching the discussion posts; the experience is so bad.  Noting the subject of the posts would help.
Status changed to: Under Review
Susan_Chaney-OCLC
OCLC staff · Community manager
OCLC staff · Community manager
 
Status changed to: Installed
AnnaJones-OCLC
OCLC staff · Community manager
OCLC staff · Community manager

Thank you for the suggestion. The new OCLC Community Center provides an improved search results display list. Community members will now see the subject or title of each post, as well as the name of the person who made the post, the name of the community board where the topic was posted, a short excerpt of the post, and additional post metadata. We appreciate your feedback!