The search feature on the forum sucks

[Josh]

I search "Nicholas White" to see if anyone has started any threads about the elevator guy/video and it came up with some stupid responses. I searched elevator and it came up with tons of threads that had nothing to do with elevators. So, if anyone reposts I forgive them.


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[Anubis]

the search function being crap isnt anything new

 

[Shawn]

lawlz

it has sucked for 3-4 years now.

 

[Platypus]

this entire forum software is fucking terrible and they've all but given up trying to fix it, as predicted

I would be flat out embarrassed if I worked for FuseTalk.

 

[Snapster]

It's mainly because the results are thread driven rather than post driven. Take your search for evelvator, the "How high can gas go" thread contains the word evelvator round about post number 160. Whilst the thread is not about elevators, it does contain it so it is out of context.

It would be better if the search results at least went to the post in question.

 

[edro]

I think the forums work pretty damn well.
Use the "These exact words" field and it works better.

 

[Special K]

I don't understand why we still can't order search results by date. Archived results seem to be ordered by date, but current results are not.

 

[buck]

It is a whole lot better than it used to be.

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Snapster
It's mainly because the results are thread driven rather than post driven. Take your search for evelvator, the "How high can gas go" thread contains the word evelvator round about post number 160. Whilst the thread is not about elevators, it does contain it so it is out of context.

It would be better if the search results at least went to the post in question.

I realize that. But, when you are searching for something pretty specific like "nicholas white" and it gives you every thread with the word white in it...:|

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: Josh
I realize that. But, when you are searching for something pretty specific like "nicholas white" and it gives you every thread with the word white in it...:|

Search with the words paired up like you just did using quotes "nicholas white" rather than nicholas white.

returns 4 threads

 

[DivideBYZero]

OMG THNKS 4 TEH UPDATE!

 

[rh71]

search with fusetalk is entirely too strict. I remember trying for searches of words in singular and just because it was actually plural it didn't find it. Similar cases with things like "search" and "searched" wouldn't come up. How am I supposed to assume what tense people use?!

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Josh
I realize that. But, when you are searching for something pretty specific like "nicholas white" and it gives you every thread with the word white in it...:|

Search with the words paired up like you just did using quotes "nicholas white" rather than nicholas white.

returns 4 threads

Lol Snapster...search without quotes and see what it returns. The same damn results that have nothing to do with Nicholas White

 

[Q]

8 years and you now figured that out?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Quintox
8 years and you now figured that out?

I feel like it was better before and I've noticed I just never started a thread about it until it pissed me off today

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: Special K
I don't understand why we still can't order search results by date. Archived results seem to be ordered by date, but current results are not.

i find this kinda strange too. did they remove the "sort by date" checkbox?

one thing i have found useful is the date range filter, although bottom line - search sucks.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: Special K
I don't understand why we still can't order search results by date. Archived results seem to be ordered by date, but current results are not.

i find this kinda strange too. did they remove the "sort by date" checkbox?

one thing i have found useful is the date range filter, although bottom line - search sucks.

Yeah, I've had that problem as well.

 

[skace]

If you go back 1 or 2 fusetalk versions, we had a perfectly solid search feature that found pretty much anything you needed. Wanted to find all the threads you posted in? Bam. Wanted to find all the threads about elevators and planes? Bam. Don't know what happened, but I'm guessing someone opened up the search engine code and took a huge shit in it.

 

[meltdown75]

i think someone opened up a can of code whoopass and forgot to close it