Atlas has no search box
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There's a button with three stripes. When it gets clicked it reveals "Home", "About" and "Search" (a search box).
I did not saw the button unless I resized the browser window from maximize to something smaller. (For me it's lower than half the screen)
There's even an "sweet spot" where I can resize the window to a point where "Home", "About" and "Search" are shown as when I clicked the button, even when I don't clicked the button. They don't disappear even if I click the button. (19201080, for me this spot seems to be around 990x)
Down to 540*x I can see the button (in it's full size), below that it gets cut and disappears. As long as I can see a part of the button I can click it and the menu appears. Firefox does not allow me to scroll vertically. (There's no scrollbar)
Maybe it's some kind of bug.
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Cc: N/A to bastik.public@gmx-topmail.de
I just encountered the same problem on iPhone. I did eventually figure out the three-stripes button, but it is confusing because the text says "enter your search in the above box to get started" but there is no such box initially. The text should be reworded to "click the three stripes above to get started" if it's not going to show the search box.
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Username: mno
Cc: bastik.public@gmx-topmail.de to bastik.public@gmx-topmail.de, m@mikenorton.ca
I think an easy fix would be to remove both the "Home" and the "About" link from the navigation bar and move the search field to the non-collapsing part of it. The result would be that there won't be a three stripes button anymore, and the search bar would move below the "Tor Status beta" logo when shrinking the browser window.
We don't really need a "Home" link, because the actual starting point of Atlas is its search bar (the only thing the "Home" page does is tell users to use the search field in the navbar), and because there's a link to the start page behind the "Tor Status beta" image. And the "About" link can as well be in the "secondary navbar" in the footer, along with links to source code, bug tracker, and contact.
Another fix, which requires more coding, would be to remove the navigation bar, add a big search field to the main page, and put a small search field at the top of the other pages. Think Google. But anyway, I think the easy fix is fine to resolve this ticket.
For the easy fix, please review branch task-6945 in my public repository. Thanks!
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Status: new to needs_review
Replying to karsten:
I think an easy fix would be to remove both the "Home" and the "About" link from the navigation bar and move the search field to the non-collapsing part of it. The result would be that there won't be a three stripes button anymore, and the search bar would move below the "Tor Status beta" logo when shrinking the browser window.
We don't really need a "Home" link, because the actual starting point of Atlas is its search bar (the only thing the "Home" page does is tell users to use the search field in the navbar), and because there's a link to the start page behind the "Tor Status beta" image. And the "About" link can as well be in the "secondary navbar" in the footer, along with links to source code, bug tracker, and contact.
Another fix, which requires more coding, would be to remove the navigation bar, add a big search field to the main page, and put a small search field at the top of the other pages. Think Google. But anyway, I think the easy fix is fine to resolve this ticket.
For the easy fix, please review branch task-6945 in my public repository. Thanks!
This looks good to me.
I agree that the home button is redundant. Less is more.
mentioned in issue #7640 (moved)
