The search engine is made using Google's API, so it would only search for posts. This could be made possible with a simple if statemnt in JavaScript. Here is a PoC:
if(userExists){
//Redirect to user's page
}else{
//perform google API search
}
I can surely implement this feature. Is the code for steemit public? If it is, I can submit a Pull Request.
wow, your analysis is very good, I am just an ordinary user who does not understand about programming and I only give steemit suggestions on the few complaints I feel. thanks.
I will submit a Pull Request to https://github.com/steemit/condenser to make this happen