[Forum Suggestion] Better Search Feature

Post by **Caligari87** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:01 pm

Is anyone else frustrated with the huge amounts of unrelated pages that the search function returns, and the inability to use operators or modifiers like quotes and booleans? Also, adding more words widens the search, instead of narrowing it. Counter-intuitive.

If possible, it would be nice to update this to something a little more functional. I'm sure it's discouraging to newbies to have someone tell them "search the forum" and then they get 175 pages of results. It discourages me too.

Sticky · Post by **Sticky** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:30 pm

My personal gripe with the search is the default radio button on "Search for any terms or use query as entered." On many of the other forums I visit, "Search for all terms" is the deafult search mode, which I think is more desireable most of the time; i.e. makes a better default.

Grubber · Post by **Grubber** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:08 am

Search wrote:You can use AND to define words which must be in the results, OR to define words which may be in the result and NOT to define words which should not be in the result. Use * as a wildcard for partial matches

Post by **Enjay** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:49 am

Caligari_87 wrote:Also, adding more words widens the search, instead of narrowing it. Counter-intuitive.

There is a radio button for "search for all terms" versus "search for any terms". Seems to work for me anyway.

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:49 pm

Sticky wrote:My personal gripe with the search is the default radio button on "Search for any terms or use query as entered." On many of the other forums I visit, "Search for all terms" is the deafult search mode, which I think is more desireable most of the time; i.e. makes a better default.

I agree. I think it's a better default - because I can't imagine how useful the other way is for most people that only want to look up one specific thing.

Post by **Caligari87** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:56 pm

Okay, now I feel like an idiot. There's a search functions page, isn't there? All I ever did was input my search and press enter. Okay, I've found it now, delete this thread.

*bangs head on kb*

Cptschrodinger · Post by **Cptschrodinger** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:45 pm

On kilobites?

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:50 pm

On killingblair?

Cptschrodinger · Post by **Cptschrodinger** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:00 pm

Killingblairs gonna gat a kick out of that one. Or should I say headbutt?

Inuyasha_989 · Post by **Inuyasha_989** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:01 pm

ouch

Post by **Caligari87** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:00 pm

Keyboard, people...

Cptschrodinger · Post by **Cptschrodinger** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:10 pm

We know... We were just having fun...

killingblair · Post by **killingblair** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:25 pm

Caligari_87 wrote:*bangs head on kb*

I say, was that a love tap? :>

Caligari wrote:Keyboard, people...

Post by **Caligari87** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:33 pm

killingblair wrote:I say, was that a love tap? :>

Ummm...
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Nice weather we're having huh? /subjectchange

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