Will the search ever be thread based again?????
Will the search ever be thread based again????? This search is getting old. We have waited patiently for it to be modded and improved. Can we get the ability to get results in threads instead of posts. I find myself resorting to google's site: search to find what I need. The search on here is now better than it's worse state, but barely usable.
Have you tried sorting by post date? It rarely repeats threads that way.
searching by actual posts is far more precise when looking for something specific. I understand not wanting to see multiple returns for several posts in the same thread, but you can also avoid that if you use more specific terms in your search.
searching by actual posts is far more precise when looking for something specific. I understand not wanting to see multiple returns for several posts in the same thread, but you can also avoid that if you use more specific terms in your search.
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I like the options in the current search tool, but I'd like an option to limit the results to threads instead of showing all the posts in a thread as individual hits.
For example, I was searching for "Camaro Fog Light" so I could list some useful threads in the Lighting FAQ, but the result list was over 1400 pages long and most of the entries on the first 5 pages were from the same threads. I also tried searching for "Camaro Fog Light housing" and still got 400+ pages returned. Unfortunately, when I re-ordered the results by post date (which I often do), the results were mostly just hits containing the word "Camaro" and had nothing to do with Fog Light Housings.
Maybe the results can be expand/collapsible where the results show 25 threads per page and you can expand the thread entry to show the applicable posts. Then you could click on the thread title to be taken to the beginning of the thread or click on a specific post to get taken to that post directly (like it does now).
If that would require too much restructuring or would require too much processing-time/memory, then maybe just have an option to limit the results to just threads instead of individual posts.
I too am a programmer and understand the balance of features and hardware ability.
I'm not bashing the Search Tool at all. I like it a lot actually and it performs very well. I'm just pointing out an issue and a possible solution.
Should I post this in the Search Thread too?
For example, I was searching for "Camaro Fog Light" so I could list some useful threads in the Lighting FAQ, but the result list was over 1400 pages long and most of the entries on the first 5 pages were from the same threads. I also tried searching for "Camaro Fog Light housing" and still got 400+ pages returned. Unfortunately, when I re-ordered the results by post date (which I often do), the results were mostly just hits containing the word "Camaro" and had nothing to do with Fog Light Housings.
Maybe the results can be expand/collapsible where the results show 25 threads per page and you can expand the thread entry to show the applicable posts. Then you could click on the thread title to be taken to the beginning of the thread or click on a specific post to get taken to that post directly (like it does now).
If that would require too much restructuring or would require too much processing-time/memory, then maybe just have an option to limit the results to just threads instead of individual posts.
I too am a programmer and understand the balance of features and hardware ability.
I'm not bashing the Search Tool at all. I like it a lot actually and it performs very well. I'm just pointing out an issue and a possible solution.
Should I post this in the Search Thread too?
Last edited by VIP1; Nov 15, 2007 at 04:09 PM.
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I'm going to have to throw in with the search by threads option. Love everything about it but the fact that there are so many multiple results from the same thread.
For instance, I wanted to look for a Fiske FM5 page. The first five pages were mainly of posts telling people to do a search for Fiske FM5's.
I never did hit a motherload page.
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I'm going to have to throw in with the search by threads option. Love everything about it but the fact that there are so many multiple results from the same thread.
For instance, I wanted to look for a Fiske FM5 page. The first five pages were mainly of posts telling people to do a search for Fiske FM5's. I never did hit a motherload page.
For instance, I wanted to look for a Fiske FM5 page. The first five pages were mainly of posts telling people to do a search for Fiske FM5's.
I never did hit a motherload page.But yes, I'm having a hard time getting use to the search also.
In the past, I would search by my user name and it would bring up any threads I had posted in. It would sort them in order by the most recent reply by any member, not by when I made my last post, which is what it does now.
Just something to get use to I guess...
