Notice on CodePlex that a new project search UI appears once you make an initial search for a project, either by using the project search box itself or by clicking on a tag. There are some interesting new search enhancements and filters, and I'm going to list them all out here to give the full picture of everything that has been done:

1. The search results now have the target keyword highlighted in yellow, for quick identification within the result set. Notice that all related tags are also included in the result set, and any which contain the target keyword are also color highlighted.

2. You can now filter your search to find ONLY release quality projects by simply checking a checkbox that excludes project releases, which are still in development.

3. There is now both a 'Simple Search' and 'Advanced Search', and you can easily toggle between the two, by simply clicking the new hyperlink provided to the right of the search input box. The new Advanced Search feature allows you to filter results by both project maturity and license type. These features were added in direct response to requests from the community.

4. Notice the new dropdown control that allows you to further filter your search by the following parameters:

          - Relevance
          - Current Release
          - Downloads
          - Page Views
          - Project Start Date
          - Ratings
          - Title

5. The rating of the project's current default release now also appears in the search results (with pretty gold stars), the rating being based on cumulative voting by registered members of the CodePlex community. The release names are hyperlinked, so you can go directly to them, instead of having to go to the project home page first.

6. There have been several perf improvements made to project search as well. We keep looking for ways to optimize and this release incorporates a new algorithm, which when used with the new search filters, promises to give the user far more relevant results. Try it out and compare to the last time you used it.

We're interested in continuing to improve on search moving forward, and your feedback is critical in helping us to drill down on the areas where things can be made better, so please let us know about your search experiences, either in the discussion forum dedicated to improving the CodePlex site, or the CodePlex Issue Tracker. Note that if you log a work item in the Issue Tracker, it becomes an action item for the CodePlex team and will gain increased priority as more of the community votes for it over time.