Make Rustdoc Search easier to learn

[nikomatsakis]

Metadata
Owner(s)	@notriddle
Team(s)	rustdoc, rustdoc-frontend
Goal document	2024h2/rustdoc-search

Summary

To make rustdoc's search engine more useful:

• Respond to some existing feedback.
• Write blog and forum posts to advertise these new features to the larger community, and seek out feedback to continue the progress.

Tasks and status

• Discussion and moral support (rustdoc )
• Improve on any discovered weaknesses
  • Implementation: show type signature in SERP (@notriddle)
  • Implementation: tweak search algo (@notriddle)
  • Standard reviews (rustdoc-frontend )
  • Design meeting (rustdoc-frontend )
  • FCP review (rustdoc-frontend )
• Feedback and testing
  • Inside Rust blog post inviting feedback

[nikomatsakis]

This issue is intended for status updates only.

For general questions or comments, please contact the owner(s) directly.

[notriddle]

Both PRs are blocked on reaching consensus for handling of generic parameters.