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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
when we create a thread we should be able to tag it with stuff to make searching for threads a lot easier. so say we took a trip to barcelona. if we named the thread simply trip i took someone searching for threads about barcelona wouldn't find that thread and wouldnt get any interesting info from that both wasting the thread creators time as well as the person searching for the thread

for as much as we say "search bar" our search bar kinda sucks. we need to do some work with it. any more ideas for the search bar?
Aug 6 2008 7:53PM
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jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
i think this could work, and you wouldn't have to be so damn precise when searching for stuff.
Aug 6 2008 8:56PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
tags.. hmm.. i like it! i always seem to have trouble finding the right thread
Aug 7 2008 12:10AM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
it could be done
Aug 8 2008 12:42PM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
word
Aug 8 2008 2:21PM
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thegreyarea
Posts: 3265 - Karma: 34
it'd be a huge help. it'd get me away from searching ns using google.
Aug 8 2008 2:40PM
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deezy.
Posts: 2538 - Karma: 26
Jeaa!
Aug 9 2008 5:13PM
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Franny
Posts: 3980 - Karma: 77
When searching it should have tags and when you rollover them the whole original title appears so it is easier to identify tag from tag.
Aug 9 2008 5:55PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
bump
Aug 15 2008 8:38PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
this is just crazy enough to work.
Aug 20 2008 12:37AM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
thats a good idea. also we need more than 50 results to come up
Aug 20 2008 1:12AM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
oh and cult search bars. its annoying when you have noobs in the crochet cult asking how to make ear flaps when there is like 50 threads about it.
Aug 20 2008 2:27AM
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Obsessedwski
Posts: 2261 - Karma: 71
this is a great idea

I also think you should be able to search specific areas, such as search only buy/sell/trade, or media & arts.

And can someone tell me how the good/bad seller list in buy & sell works? I'm not willing to search through 50+ pages looking for a member name can someone make it so that we can search for names in that thread?
Aug 20 2008 2:42AM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
I agree fully. The NS searchbar freaking sucks. It is the one MAJOR flaw in the site and it can make finding previously posted information extremely difficult sometimes.

I thought that it was getting an overhaul like a year ago? Did that not occur?
Aug 20 2008 10:22AM
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jedi.Jim
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Agreed. Should it search only in the thread creator's original post, or throughout the entire thread (all posts)? Searching through every post would be a lot of information, and if there is one match in one post that is irrelevant to the thread then that would just make the situation worse.
Aug 20 2008 12:55PM
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