Search Facility

[SP6 Animal]

Does this actually work anymore?

[Mr Will]

Currently affected by a bug meaning you can only search for words of 4 or more characters, but we are working on it.

[Mr E Driver]

It's rubbish! If you search for something like 'Top Gear' it gives you 632 threads with 'top gear' but it includes every other thread with the single 'top' and 'gear' as well as the two words together.

[Mr Will]

Mr E Driver said:

It's rubbish! If you search for something like 'Top Gear' it gives you 632 threads with 'top gear' but it includes every other thread with the single 'top' and 'gear' as well as the two words together.

Have you tried using the advanced search to search for the exact phrase "Top Gear", rather than the normal search which will just (correctly) look for both words?

[SP6 Animal]

I was using the advanced search Tuscan and Oil NONE FOUND was the result

[Mr Will]

SP6 Animal said:

I was using the advanced search Tuscan and Oil NONE FOUND was the result

As I said above, it can't currently do 3 letter words. Which admittedly does make searching for info about "Oil" a little bit tricky.

[SP6 Animal]

Mr Will said:

SP6 Animal said:

I was using the advanced search Tuscan and Oil NONE FOUND was the result

As I said above, it can't currently do 3 letter words. Which admittedly does make searching for info about "Oil" a little bit tricky.

OK Just checking how to check the oil level on the SP6 not done this yet.

[jamieboy]

Mr Will said:

As I said above, it can't currently do 3 letter words. Which admittedly does make searching for info about "Oil" a little bit tricky.

I know there are a lot of things on the "to-do" list - is it worth making a sticky of stuff you're planning to do, and estimated times for it getting done?

It just seems like a lot of things never quite make it from "to-do" to "being-done", and this might be a way to set people's expectations...

[Mr Will]

jamieboy said:

Mr Will said:

As I said above, it can't currently do 3 letter words. Which admittedly does make searching for info about "Oil" a little bit tricky.

I know there are a lot of things on the "to-do" list - is it worth making a sticky of stuff you're planning to do, and estimated times for it getting done?

It just seems like a lot of things never quite make it from "to-do" to "being-done", and this might be a way to set people's expectations...

The problem is that the "To-do" list does not get done in order, for example this search bug will take priority over a lot of other tasks, causing them to slip backwards and making it almost impossible to even half accurate dates.

We did try it a few years ago but it quickly turned into a bit of a mess and became more trouble than it was worth. (doesn't help that at the moment it is a very long list!)

[jamieboy]

Mr Will said:

The problem is that the "To-do" list does not get done in order, for example this search bug will take priority over a lot of other tasks, causing them to slip backwards and making it almost impossible to even half accurate dates.

A situation that many of us can sympathise with, I'm sure.

I guess the problem is that the perception is:

Mr Will said:

the "To-do" list does not get done

Not really a moan*, just an observation.

* well, I suppose it is a bit, but with the best of intentions.

[Mr E Driver]

Mr Will said:

Mr E Driver said:

It's rubbish! If you search for something like 'Top Gear' it gives you 632 threads with 'top gear' but it includes every other thread with the single 'top' and 'gear' as well as the two words together.

Have you tried using the advanced search to search for the exact phrase "Top Gear", rather than the normal search which will just (correctly) look for both words?

Never thought to look at the AS

It takes me a while to get into the geeky stuff