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Re: by anigbrowl on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @03:36PM (#640259)
They really need a query builder and refine search tool. It's hard to browse the data to see what's there; every time I search I feel like I'm throwing dart while blindfolded.

Additionally, when I mistype things like 'us pgdp / population' it comes back and asks if I meant 'US population'. What I want is a little form saying 'hmmm... US [pgdp?] / US population ?' where [pdgp?] is an edit box where I can correct my typo.

I approach fixing broken things by beginning with the assumptions that they are designed to work, and that examining each subsystem for damage will get me there. In the example above, 'US', '/' and 'population' are working query terms, so why doesn't W|A keep those current while highlighting the need to repair the meaningless 'pgdp'?

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