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  • Why is the search box so useless on here?

    Because good search done cheaply is like the hardest thing ever. And search isn't this forum's business.

    I type the same word in Google along with "LFGSS" and I get every hit.

    But it is Google's business.

  • search isn't this forum's business.

    It is. Velocio has explicitly said that every page you load is a search result. Also, the search on here is pretty good under the hood, although it still needs a better user interface. If you can be arsed, you can hack it to match multiple parameters. I can't remember whether we were promised a decent interface, but I've long since given up hope of getting one even if we were.

  • the search on here is pretty good under the hood

    Documented here:

    https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/253146/

  • It is. Velocio has explicitly said that every page you load is a search result. Also, the search on here is pretty good under the hood

    Pfffft if you want to look at it like that. To me it's like saying VW's business is robot factories or forging or whatever. It's involved at a technical level, it's not the product.

    If search - and search as how punters probably understand it, i.e. typing what I'm interested in a search box and expecting to get relevant stuff back- was central to the user experience we wouldn't be here explaining this

    As others have said, it defaults to searching in just the titles of threads, you need to check the "comments" checkbox (or uncheck the "Title matched search terms" checkbox") and search again.

    Documented here:

    https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/2531­46/

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