There's also the related question of whether logged-out users should be able to search only forums, or whether they should also be able to search user accounts and pages. On mahara.org, searching forums is the primary use-case. But, if a person has gone to the trouble of marking a page "Public", then perhaps they would also welcome making it searchable.
There's also the related question of whether logged-out users should be able to search only forums, or whether they should also be able to search user accounts and pages. On mahara.org, searching forums is the primary use-case. But, if a person has gone to the trouble of marking a page "Public", then perhaps they would also welcome making it searchable.