Improve search contexts

[rrhyne]

Search contexts are critical for certain customers. This is especially true for those with a large number of projects, or release strategies that involve long-lived branches and/or multiple projects contributing to a release.

For other users, typically those in environments with fewer projects, contexts are not useful.

Design process

• Estimate: Three weeks to a month

• Weighting factors:

  • HIGH risk
  • MEDIUM clarity

  Discover

• [ ] RFC/PRD
• [ ] Existing customer feedback - Link
  • [ ] NPS scores
  • [ ] Feedback submissions
  • [ ] Customer support requests
• [ ] Quantitative analysis - Link
• [ ] Analogous/competitive research - Link
• [ ] Internal users - Link

• [ ] External users - Link, Link

  Design

• [ ] user journey map - Link
• [ ] User flows - Link
• [ ] Low fidelity design - Link
• [ ] High fidelity design using design system - Figma
• [ ] Prototype - Link

• [ ] Designer review

  Testing

• [ ] Hallway testing - Link
• [ ] Usertesting.com task based evaluation - Link

• [ ] User testing with 2 customers - Link

  Deliver

• [ ] Announce in #progress
• [ ] Loom - Link
• [ ] Team review
• [ ] Design team review

• [ ] QA - Link

  Measure

• [ ] Metrics defined in the Figma file (i) - Link
• [ ] Followup task will analyze metrics to ensure successful completion - Link

[taiyab]

Some (very early) exploration I've started for this:

https://www.figma.com/file/rMoATdWKHIC1N1Et0iqItG/Code-Search?type=design&node-id=303%3A1584&mode=design&t=fbbrIBW8qDeymqnV-1

• Intended to append custom contexts to the bottom of that list or separate tab
• Link to Manage Contexts at the bottom

Was this ever implemented? Looks like it has some great ideas.

https://www.figma.com/file/2Zx8ZmGbBnkhYWDQiMOnB6/44542-%E2%80%93-Search-contexts-usability-improvements?type=design&node-id=1814%3A2050&mode=design&t=TDDdrp6X1zDUZZBm-1