[ripe-list] The redesigned www.ripe.net is now live

RIPE NCC, thanks for evolving the site!

When it comes to searching, I agree with Andy that a search field on a
web site leads me to believe that it searches that website*, and not
some "external" databse – and I like to have it that way.

To access the RIPE DB over HTTPS, I would like so see that as a second,
and separate, search field, so that I can "tell the system" where I want
it to search, e.g.:

    Search website: ......
    Search RIPE DB: ......

Myself, I'm old enough to prefer the whois CLI tool to lookup stuff in
the DB, but I know that I'm old-fashioned, and I do respect that HTTPS
is easier for most people.

				Cheers,
				  /Liman

* With the obvious exception of search engines like Google.


andy at nosignal.org 2024-01-21 10:16 [+0000]:
> On 20 Jan 2024, at 21:06, Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I disagree. They are equally important. RIPE Database searches
>> obviously need to be highly accessible but the site search is vital
>> as the site is so big and old stuff is never removed. I look forward
>> to a really good website search feature coming soon.

> Thanks for making this point so eloquently. It’s what I thought too: I
> do expect the ripe website search tool to first and foremost search
> the ripe website, notwithstanding the benefit provided by and need for
> a really good web interface to the ripe db. I assumed I’d missed
> something and stayed quiet. Thanks also for helping me realise that I
> had a valid thought all along, Leo. :)

> Andy
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