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The issue is less "search is shit" (because you're using search constantly and it's fine), but more "the interface to search is shit"
To the end user, the first is the natural corollary of the second. It doesn't matter how good the engine is if the end user has no access to the controls.
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everything is search
Wait, you mean hippy is search?
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Oliver Schick
@Velocio
Also... the search is shit thing is pretty amusing.
Microcosm is weird... everything is search.
Search powers everything. The site really has 2 queries that do 80% of the work.
The issue is less "search is shit" (because you're using search constantly and it's fine), but more "the interface to search is shit" (because it's so powerful it's really hard to make a tidy HTML form for it).