I just spent about 30 minutes trying to find out why I can't search. Instead of the 'Announcement' (which isn't that obvious, to be honest) it would've been more useful if the error page which you get when you try to search told people that the search facility was down instead of the generic one that appears, which only confuses the situation.

BTW just because I'm a 'newbie' to this board doesn't mean I'm of below average intelligence or a message board virgin. So don't flame me for having an opinion :-: