Was doing some category searching and found that searching for size value smaller than 6 doesn't exclude results smaller than the entered number. 5 and below all see from 0kb to the upper limit if set and in the category filters.
Was doing some category searching and found that searching for size value smaller than 6 doesn't exclude results smaller than the entered number. 5 and below all see from 0kb to the upper limit if set and in the category filters.
So, it's not a BUG. It's a FEATURE.
It's a design choice. There is specific code to ignore under 5 values.
It accepts a number below 6, but silently ignores it. Should be displaying the value it is using instead of pretending to accept it but ignoring it.
It's a design choice. There is specific code to ignore under 5 values.
Just to be clear, does this mean one cannot search for stories with a size less than 5? And if so, what is the reason?
You can.
In the category search specifically, you can't target 'show me only stories less than 3KB' for example. It's 5 and under.
It's 5 and under.
The "Story Size:from" field says "Value must be greater than or equal to 5."
What am I missing?
In the category search specifically, you can't target 'show me only stories less than 3KB' for example. It's 5 and under.
Okay, though it's peculiar in that I can choose from 5 to 0 and get the results for stories in that range.
What I still don't understand is the rationale behind requiring a value of at least 5 in the "from" box.
I am guessing that at the low end of the scale, more of the "size" is taken up the the aforementioned HTML formatting and other things so the size has less real relevance.
What I still don't understand is the rationale behind requiring a value of at least 5 in the "from" box.
I'm guessing you're the only person that cares about this one.
For a normal reader, why would they want to search for stories less than 3KB instead of 5KB?
I checked and there are ~6,000 stories under 5K, over 2,000 are yours.
Downloads per Word
Batman (the Night With Jessica Rabbit)
search claims 0 words ∞ Fan Fiction {875/0 = infinity}
contains ≈ 970 Words 0 {needs nearly a thousand downloads for a ratio < 1}
t. Spell Chequer 6,338 Poem
French Beach 251 Flash
A Soldier's View 252 Poem
Thank the Universe 379 Poem
How many SOL 'stories' have a size less than 6? I suspect they're flash fiction or poems.
AJ
How many SOL 'stories' have a size less than 6? I suspect they're flash fiction or poems.
Size 5KB and under: 4319 stories.
So I gather the size limit refers to file size? Because I'd assumed it was story length, might be a good idea to specify "Story Size (kB)" or "Story File Size" to clarify that.
So I gather the size limit refers to file size?
Roughly, the text size in kilobytes. It includes the HTML formatting, but does not include the size of the page headers.