Posted by ahmed5
Try looking for a topic by 'searching'. I'd say ur chance is, like, 0%. lolSeriously, something should be done about this. Wat'd u guys think?
Posted by PeterKay
Usually works fine, depends on the wording i guess?
Posted by ahmed5
Look for this thread by 'searching'
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Posted by PeterKay
Give it a better title and then it will work!
Posted by fatevdestiny
I know what the man means though
The search aint the best, it gives you a thousand options and none of them are the one you want
Shouldnt matter about the name of the thread. Should be able to find it
Posted by ahmed5
Wat'd u mean a 'better title'? What i'm sayin is dat u couldnt find a thread u've read before even if u knew the title. And this makes the search grossly inadequate.
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Posted by PeterKay
I use google and put Esato in the search option!, usually works fine
Posted by ahmed5
@peterkayThat only goes to show how much faith u've got in the Esato search!
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Posted by masseur
I've said it before and I'll say it again (there was also once a bit of fun for me to find threads that members choe, in a short time!)
the search works fine but you need to understand its quirks.
its clearly not s good as google and I sometimes go out to google and do a site search
Posted by ahmed5
@masseurLets say i want to find this particular thread, how do i find it by searching?
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Posted by PeterKay
Try this Ahmed5:
Examples:
apple banana - find posts that contain at least one of these words. +apple +juice - find posts that contain both words. +apple -macintosh - find posts that contain the word "apple" but not "macintosh" apple* - find "apple", "apples", "applet". "some words" - find "some words of wisdom", but not "some noise words".
On 2008-02-05 18:22:40, ahmed5 wrote:
@peterkay
That only goes to show how much faith u've got in the Esato search!
If you want to go back to a topic why don't you Bookmark it?
Thats another option you have!
Posted by ahmed5
@peterkayThanx for the searching tip. What if its a word in a thread title?
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Posted by Dicky Snapples
i never use the esato seach, i never seem to be able to find what im looking for.
i just go to google and type in - esato then the thing i want. 9 times out of 10 it works
Posted by ahmed5
my point exactly
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Posted by PeterKay
I've used it a few times and worked a treat!!
Posted by gola
I totally agree with the first post
Posted by tranced
@ahmed: better bookmark this topic
Posted by PeterKay
On 2008-02-05 20:00:01, tranced wrote:
@ahmed: better bookmark this topic
Posted by jcwhite_uk
Trying an Esato search or this thread came up with the following:
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=27521
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=40895
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=23408
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=45574
Kinda proving that you aint alone in not liking the search. BTW I didnt find this thread while searching.
Posted by ahmed5
So are we goin to stick wit it or is there something we can do about it?
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Posted by ahmed5
well, seems to me we're all just ok wit it then
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Posted by Cycovision
Having been a member here for quite a while, I've noticed that Laffen continuously upgrades and improves Esato but he keeps very quiet about it. He tends to just implement a change and then announce it either in the thread that requested the change or in the "Esato News" forum.
So don't give up hope just yet
Just be patient and use google in the meantime.
Posted by ahmed5
nice one
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