You can still search [dic] when "less is more"

I found a bug while conducting a search for restaurant safety ratings for Dick's Drive In via King County's search user interfaces and notified the county website.

I got quick reply that they'll pass it on and they shared a nice search tip / reminder that sometimes "less is more": I can also get useful results by searching just [Dic] and [Dick] (though not [Drive]).[^linkable]

[^linkable]: Searches on this interface are not directly linkable (for instance, providing a share link or following the OpenSearch protocol[^seeopensearch]), but you can see the results from public API (which is visible in the console log of error-prone searches):

https://info.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/RestaurantInspectionsPublicAPI/api/business/1/alpha/47.0845/-122.5284/47.7803/-121.0657/0/0/25/Dic

https://info.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/RestaurantInspectionsPublicAPI/api/business/1/alpha/47.0845/-122.5284/47.7803/-121.0657/0/0/25/Dick

https://info.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/RestaurantInspectionsPublicAPI/api/business/1/alpha/47.0845/-122.5284/47.7803/-121.0657/0/0/25/Drive

[^seeopensearch]: See also browser site search shortcuts

[Dick's] doesn't work, you must use [Dick''s]? @ Search restaurant safety ratings https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/health-safety/food-safety/search-restaurant-safety-ratings#/

Here is the exception when I search [Dick's]:

[ omitted ]

Here I cannot tell what the issue is, but I was able to search by address? @ Restaurant inspection information https://info.kingcounty.gov/health/ehs/foodsafety/inspections/search.aspx

Thanks!

Daniel

That's nice to know. Thanks! Super helpful.

It'd be really slick to have a little "Search Tip" appear if there are no results (like when searching [Drive]) or an error (though I imagine your logs will tell you if this is a problem worth mitigating in that way or not).

Thank you for the speedy response.

See also: tags: micro-interactions-in-search