Topic on Help talk:Extension:AdvancedSearch

I see that the newer Advanced Search feature will become default to many other wikis on November 28. However, 18,000+ enwiki users enabling the feature is not tremendous as another Beta Feature enabled by 80,000+ enwiki users. Also, the namespace selection window in the newer version is very small, making the scrolling more time-consuming than the older one. Moreover, I can simply type any -word OR something NOT anything, so I guess I'm a bit more advanced user than others probably.

Can the "Hide the improved version of the Advanced Search" be made please? Or what about asking the communities whether to enable the feature by default?

You can organise a vote in advance and create a ticket linking to consensus that you dont want it. As always.

At en-WP's Village Pump, right? Or what about meta-wiki's central forum? Or where else?

If for one wiki only - locally.

However, the change would affect most users of all of the local wikis, so I was thinking every wiki.

If you want to start discussion to affect only on enwiki you can start it on enwiki.

Yes, communities will kill developers after they notice the change! And what Tech Ambassadors should say then? Will be possible to restore old interface in individual preferences?

Hi George Ho! Thank you for your feedback to this extension. The feature can be very useful for new or not so tech-savvy users, which is something that test with users and feedback has shown repeatedly. But we understand that some more experienced users would prefer the previous interface. That’s why there will be an option to allow every user to disable the feature in their settings. Beside that the new interface also allows to use keywords in the main search-bar as before.

I see the option "Don’t show the Advanced Search interface". I find it somewhat confusing or misleading; there is the "Advanced" button when the feature is opted-out. Can it be rephrased or something?

We are considering alternative names for the option, but are not sure yet about what it could be called. If you have ideas feel free to share with us.

How about either "Hide the improved version of the Advanced Search interface" (similar to other "Hide the improved version of..." options) or "Revert back to old version of the Advanced Search interface"?

I created a phabricator-task for that: T213274 – this way it's on our radar.