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From: Barthofer Michael
Date: May 1, 2005 11:31PM

hello everybody

I am in doubt about the accessibiltiy of our new implemented website-search. even if our contractor affirms it, I would be pleased to hear your opinion.

to make the searchscript also produce search results where the search-pattern is only a part of the search finding (e.g. access in accessibility), we would have to use wildcards (*access*). To spare the user to input the wildcards, they should be used automatically. It seems that an appropriate change in the search-script itself would have been to complex, so our contractor implemented a javascript which is putting the "*" around the search-pattern when clicking the form-button.

It woul be nice, if your could have a look at our website and tell me your opinion. Our website is in german, but the search-form in the navigational menu ist easy to spot (it is the only form on the page ;-) .

http://www.linz.at

yours
Michael Barthofer

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Mag. Michael Barthofer
Stadtkommunikation Linz
Altes Rathaus
A-4041 Linz
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