Thoughts of Forum Features
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 17:03
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GoneTroppo Member (FNQ)
I really like the easy way to add pictures to a post now available.
I know it was always theoretically possible but not many managed it........So top marks to the ExplorOz team.
The search function now mystifies me a bit though. It seems to me, that in the past (3-4 months ago) you used to get somehow more "intuitive" or better results.
I've played with quotation marks etc etc but get either all or not very much.
Is anyone else having the same issues?
Reply By: Motherhen - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 17:44
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 17:44
Fully agree with both point GoneTroppo.
I have often wondered if we can access photos we have already uploaded into the system to use again in a post, instead of taking up more space by uploading again. Adding them out of our gallery was useful for ones that come up a few times.
The search function hasn't been that useful for me for a long time; sometimes even erratic. I have done a search and got a list of threads, had to shut down, restarted and done exactly the same search again and got nothing. I thought as i tried to search today, how about three tick boxes like on some other searches
Exact phrase
All of these words
Any of these words
Instead of using "bunnies ears" or and and
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Follow Up By: Gramps - Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 17:54
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 at 17:54
"how about three tick boxes like on some other searches
Exact phrase
All of these words
Any of these words
Instead of using "bunnies ears" or and and "
Good idea MH. That would make it a lot easier for some.
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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val W (ACT) - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:26
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:26
David,
As suggested above, the search facility might be improved if these options were available.
For instance, I've just searched on satellite phone (no quotes, just the 2 words). No doubt I've picked up a lot of useful stuff, but the search seems to be interpreted as satellite OR phone, so references to satellite phones are swamped by every mention of phone. Perhaps the choice of AND, OR, EXACT, with a default of AND would be better?
Another point - I don't see any counter to give the number of hits. This would be very useful to indicate that we need to refine our search.
HTH
John | J and V
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:39
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:39
Satellite phone is a search i used a few times before we got ours. That is complicated by what people write. I used to do two searches; satellite phone and sat phone. One that cannot be overcome by David is people's spelling! I don't care how badly people type or spell - it is just a conversation, but a lot of good info can be lost if the subject is never spelt correctly somewhere within the thread.
David, years ago, the search function used to work
well for me, but over the past couple of years it has not been as good.
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