Search problems
Feb 17, 2008, 10:19 am
#166
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After several days of fruitless and highly aggravating searching I finally had time to take a brief look at this thread. I really hope someone can bring us back a working search facility!
Feb 18, 2008, 2:42 pm
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I didnt know about the bold part though...Im not sure I understand what youre saying. If it has a post that I havent read yet it is bold instead of having the small piece of paper on it?
Feb 18, 2008, 2:59 pm
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hi, wanted to note another issue. using 'search this thread' is currently useless, as it returns the ENTIRE thread as an answer, rather than individual posts. 
kind of defeats the purpose of searching the thread, although the red highlights are nice.
kind of defeats the purpose of searching the thread, although the red highlights are nice.
Feb 18, 2008, 3:59 pm
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Feb 18, 2008, 4:20 pm
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That's been mentioned before
- use this as work around:
Click on Search This Thread, and choose Advanced Search. Enter your keyword(s) and then Show Results as "posts".
- use this as work around:Click on Search This Thread, and choose Advanced Search. Enter your keyword(s) and then Show Results as "posts".
Feb 18, 2008, 4:33 pm
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This is a known problem and it is on the list to be fixed (see one of my posts to KevinSours).
I know it's fairly far back in this thread, but it was answered back on 10Feb08:
Feb 18, 2008, 4:39 pm
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Yes, but then I have to remember who the last poster was and what time they posted...
I didnt know about the bold part though...Im not sure I understand what youre saying. If it has a post that I havent read yet it is bold instead of having the small piece of paper on it?
I didnt know about the bold part though...Im not sure I understand what youre saying. If it has a post that I havent read yet it is bold instead of having the small piece of paper on it?
The thread will be in bold type and there will be a new mail icon on the left. When you get to the thread there should be a new post icon on all the new posts in the top left corner. Also, there will be a link at the last poster/time/date (like the link next to your name in this post) to take you to the last post.
Feb 18, 2008, 4:44 pm
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I wish we had an ariline voucher for each time we answered that question here in the last week!
Feb 18, 2008, 6:08 pm
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Feb 19, 2008, 12:30 am
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Just adding my voice to the chorus: You have eliminated the ability to perform the one search that I use daily (and is most useful): to be able to see all threads that have received additional comments since I posted.
I would therefore have to say the new search is a big step backwards.
I would therefore have to say the new search is a big step backwards.
Last edited by Boraxo; Feb 19, 2008 at 12:37 am Reason: update
Feb 19, 2008, 12:41 am
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Just adding my voice to the chorus: You have eliminated the ability to perform the one search that I use daily (and is most useful): to be able to see all threads that have received additional comments since I posted.
I would therefore have to say the new search is a big step backwards.
I would therefore have to say the new search is a big step backwards.
Feb 19, 2008, 1:20 am
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thanks to ed1 and cheepneezy for acting as volunteer mods here and providing interim solutions. ^
would be nice if the ib guy, kevin (or someone) would check in again also with an update.
the other thing i've just noticed is when going through a multi-page search result, the pages you've already clicked on are no longer highlighted. that's not an issue with a three page result, but when looking through a multiple page result it's quite frustrating to remember what pages you've already clicked on. additionally, as someone noted upthread, each 'page' of results doesn't seem to have a lot of hits, is there a way to change the default number of hits per page?
would be nice if the ib guy, kevin (or someone) would check in again also with an update.
the other thing i've just noticed is when going through a multi-page search result, the pages you've already clicked on are no longer highlighted. that's not an issue with a three page result, but when looking through a multiple page result it's quite frustrating to remember what pages you've already clicked on. additionally, as someone noted upthread, each 'page' of results doesn't seem to have a lot of hits, is there a way to change the default number of hits per page?