x/website: 'Packages' link mistakenly points to search box instead of standard package docs

[eikenb]

New go.dev website's Packages link should go to the standard package docs (https://pkg.go.dev/std), not a search box. That is the new site has a regression in usability and should be reverted to the direct link.

[rsc]

golang.org and go.dev were inconsistent in what the top bar 'Packages' link pointed to.
On golang.org it pointed to the standard library (like https://go.dev/pkg/?m=old).
On go.dev it pointed to pkg.go.dev.

We have to pick just one, and it seems far more useful to me
to go to a page that lets you find any package,
instead of a page that only shows some packages.

I believe the current behavior, of linking to pkg.go.dev, is working as intended.

[rsc]

/cc @jamalc @julieqiu @dmitshur in case I am wrong about this.

[ALTree]

It makes sense for the Packages item on https://go.dev/ to go to the general pkgs search, but how do you discover https://pkg.go.dev/std now? Searching for "std" on https://pkg.go.dev/ doesn't work.

There has to be a way to find out what packages Go actually ships with. The quickest way appears to be: click on Docs to reach https://go.dev/doc/, then scroll down to

Package Documentation

The documentation for the Go standard library.

which then links to https://pkg.go.dev/std, under the cryptic "Package Documentation" title (what package?) But that's like two thirds down, in a page with other 45 links, all equally prominent.

IMO there should be a link to https://pkg.go.dev/std prominent on https://pkg.go.dev/. So I would see something like "Standard library documentation" that jumps to https://pkg.go.dev/std, or I'd use the search bar if instead I wanted to look for 3rd party packages.

[seankhliao]

I believe that part is #40785

[ALTree]

Ah, that's right. I forgot about that one. It certainly got more relevant now that the migration to go.dev is in progress.

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/366577 mentions this issue: _content: adjust footer

[rsc]

I sent a CL to put "Standard Library" in the footer menu under "Packages".