Searching

While Matrix may have powerful search capabilities similar to ProSearch, it's often not obvious what needs to be entered to get the desired results. I can and will document other search issues, but this example seems to be typical of something that's technically correct but certainly not obvious and could be implemented much better.

Let's say you were interested in a swimming pool. Perhaps you want the property to have a pool. Perhaps you don't want a pool or maybe you don't care one way or another. With Matrix, this is the search concerning a pool:

Just what are you supposed to enter here?

If you wanted a pool, click on "Pool" and the "Or" radio button (or "No Pool" and the "Not" radio button.)

If you don't want a pool, click on "No Pool" and the "Or" radio button (or "Pool" and the "Not" radio button.)

If you don't care one way or another, select both "Pool" and "No Pool" and the "Or" radio button, (or don't select either item and select the "Not" radio button.)

You can also not have any properties show up by selecting both "Pool" and "No Pool" and the "Not" radio button.

If that wasn't perfectly clear, you can always click on the help button. Then you'd be presented with the following window:

Not really all that helpful...

I can think of some other ways this could be implemented that would would better:

How about using three radio buttons?

How about a couple of check boxes?

Or maybe a field to enter a Y or N?

While I like the radio buttons the best, any of these would probably be better than how Matrix implemented it...