Tim wrote:
It's wishful thinking that if you were given all the search possiblilities in the world, one would be able to find anything.
Yeah, well, I'm not asking for all the search possibilities in the world. I'm asking for something better than what is roughly the least useful.
It's also interesting (sorry, can't find a better word) to see that people blaming the search engine not finding things instead of the real reason. If the search engine is to blame, why can other people find the things you can't, using the same engine?
Pardon my bluntness, but that's a stupid argument, Tim. One might well say, "
Other people do a fine job of drawing images in MS Paint, so why would you need Photoshop [or insert your other favorite graphics program here]?"
. Often, it's hard to find something unless you know the exact phrase the post used. For instance,
I know that "
Earthwyrms"
have been proposed before, i.e. snakes that get cut in half when you attack them in the center. But since you can't search "
snakes center"
or "
snakes middle"
or whatever, how would you find the post? And if you can find it after several tries or by hitting on just the right combination, why
not make it easier?
As for feature request not being found, I'd suggest people using a better subjects.
Um, yeah, whatever. If you're looking for serpents that can be cut in half, it doesn't matter if you title your post "
New Snake Idea"
or "
Sea Serpents"
or "
Dividers"
or, well, really anything other than "
New Snake Idea: Cut In Half, Attack In Middle, Could Color Them Purple, Perhaps It's Not Worth Reading The Post Now"
.
Personally, the current engine works for 95% of the seraches _I_ need...
Congratulations. You have hit upon the single worst reason for rejecting a feature request one could possibly give.
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