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what happened to the jump to phone button?

Thefireballkid

Sep 17, 2010, 4:25 PM
i miss that button. 😢
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NEPats726420

Sep 20, 2010, 1:51 PM
so he removed it!!
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Rich Brome

Sep 20, 2010, 2:02 PM
We put a great deal of emphasis on simplicity with the design, layout and functionality of the site. Therefore it was removed from the header to simplify the site and keep it easy to use. If we just kept piling things onto the layout, it would get out of control quickly. Therefore, as we add some features, we need to simplify other parts, to keep the site from becoming too cluttered.

You can quickly reach the same exact content using the regular site search function, plus the results include much more useful information. If you do want to go directly to a specs page, it sometimes takes an extra click, but that's a trade-off we had to make to keep it simple and easy to use.

The same old "jump search" functionality is actually still ava...
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Rich Brome

Sep 20, 2010, 8:17 PM
I should add that we've also been making a series of improvements to the main site search functionality in recent months. There's still some room for improvement, but it's now 90% of what we'd like it to be.

So that's part of the thinking as well. As the site search became better, the "jump" search seemed less necessary... redundant, even.
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