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mbovenka · 05-09-2022, 12:59 PM

I searched for an author with the surname 'Tonelli' with the search 'authors:tonelli'. I'm aware that this is a substring search, so authors with the surname 'Antonelli' popping up was expected behavior.

What did surprise me, was 'Bret Easton Ellis' as a match. Yes, if you totally ignore whitespace and the difference between first names and surnames it's a match: Bret Easton Ellis.

For me, that breaks the Principle of Least Surprise

05-09-2022, 12:59 PM	#1
mbovenka Wizard Posts: 2,079 Karma: 14079267 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Almere, The Netherlands Device: Kobo Sage	Somewhat surprising search results. I searched for an author with the surname 'Tonelli' with the search 'authors:tonelli'. I'm aware that this is a substring search, so authors with the surname 'Antonelli' popping up was expected behavior. What did surprise me, was 'Bret Easton Ellis' as a match. Yes, if you totally ignore whitespace and the difference between first names and surnames it's a match: Bret Easton Ellis. For me, that breaks the Principle of Least Surprise