Suggestion: "Browse" button on the Study page.

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Reply #1 - 2008 April 06, 1:54 am
LucidFaia Member
From: Ohio, USA Registered: 2008-04-03 Posts: 19

So that we don't have to hit the "Enter" key to search for a specific keyword or frame number. That way, we could study while using a friend's Wii Browser, for instance.

I'm talking about this area:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/650/tempqy4.png

Reply #2 - 2008 April 06, 5:12 am
avparker Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2007-05-06 Posts: 168 Website

Yeah, that would be good for browsing on a mobile phone.

Currently I have to navigate via my "detailed list" of kanji, which takes about 4 or 5 pages (counting reverse sorting), and that's best case where I want to jump to one after my last entered kanji.

Reply #3 - 2008 April 06, 6:13 am
ファブリス Administrator
From: Belgium Registered: 2006-06-14 Posts: 4021 Website

Could you both give more detailed examples, for the Wii Browser and for the mobile device browser (both of which I am not familiar with) ?

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Reply #4 - 2008 April 06, 10:18 am
JimmySeal Member
From: Kyoto Registered: 2006-03-28 Posts: 2279

The DS browser has a Submit button intended for forms that don't have an actual Submit button.  Does the Wii browser not have that, or does it just not work with this site?

Reply #5 - 2008 April 06, 11:19 am
Zarxrax Member
From: North Carolina Registered: 2008-03-24 Posts: 949

ファブリス wrote:

Could you both give more detailed examples, for the Wii Browser and for the mobile device browser (both of which I am not familiar with) ?

They are just saying that in order to browse to a kanji, you have to type it in and then press the 'enter' key. All devices do not have an enter key, so it would be useful to have a 'submit' button that can be clicked on.

Reply #6 - 2008 April 06, 12:39 pm
LucidFaia Member
From: Ohio, USA Registered: 2008-04-03 Posts: 19

The Wii Browser only has a pointer. The only thing it can do is aim and "click" on objects; you can click in a text box to access an on-screen keypad, so that you may enter information. However, there's no "Enter" functionality; you have to actually click on an object to go to another page. If we simply add a button, it's not a problem.

Last edited by LucidFaia (2008 April 06, 12:41 pm)

Reply #7 - 2008 April 06, 11:53 pm
woelpad Member
From: Chiba Registered: 2006-11-07 Posts: 425

You can enter the frame number in the url address bar by specifying the search (or framenum) parameter, e.g. http://kanji.koohii.com/study/index.php?search=49. To find out the frame number given the keyword, type it in the search box and look at the pop up list. For direct kanji look-up, you're screwed, unless you have a way to convert kanji to its escaped format. E.g. to look up 上, the address looks like this: http://kanji.koohii.com/study/index.php … =%E4%B8%8A

The search box is not embedded in a form and therefore a submit button wouldn't work. Why not let the arrow buttons (which are links actually, but a little Javascript can do wonders) act as browse button if the search box is non-empty? Feels intuitive since that's the first thing I tried before finding out (repeatedly) that it didn't work and that you are forced to use the Enter key.

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