> This was an intentional choice. It attempts to fight duplicate questions by forcing users to see the search results for their question before asking it.
It fails.
When I type a word that matches a topic and hit "enter", it sometimes goes to that topic, and sometimes it goes to the "add question" pop-up.
When I type a word that does not match a topic but matches the body of some answers, it usually goes to the "add question" pop-up when I hit enter.
I have not been able to discern how it decides which of these it is going to do.
While I was experimenting with it, it got stuck in a state where it always went to the "add question" pop-up. I could only search by clicking on one of the suggested search results.
If they intended this thing to discourage asking questions before searching, then someone goofed, and their testers are non-existant or incompetent.
It fails.
When I type a word that matches a topic and hit "enter", it sometimes goes to that topic, and sometimes it goes to the "add question" pop-up.
When I type a word that does not match a topic but matches the body of some answers, it usually goes to the "add question" pop-up when I hit enter.
I have not been able to discern how it decides which of these it is going to do.
While I was experimenting with it, it got stuck in a state where it always went to the "add question" pop-up. I could only search by clicking on one of the suggested search results.
If they intended this thing to discourage asking questions before searching, then someone goofed, and their testers are non-existant or incompetent.