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New searchbar is quite the fail

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jibjunkie
Posts: 3807 - Karma: 191
yea i like how you can view more than 50 threads so you can go back to a long time ago and also how it lists the members who created it but it doesnt work at all. i searchbared fight club which i know has at least like 30 threads with that title and didnt see a single thread in the results titled fight club. i got a bunch of wierd shit like ski club and so on. could we possibly fix this or go back to the old one?
Aug 17 2010 10:00AM
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MADDECENT
Posts: 5579 - Karma: 951
Suggestion: Old searchbar search format, but dont limit the threads to 50 results. Old searchbar was great, just too limited.
Aug 30 2010 12:16AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
PLEASE GET RID OF THIS, I HONESTLY CAN'T SEARCH FOR ANYTHING

even if you fully remember the thread title it still shows every thread and it's mom from august 2010. finding anything over 3 months old is impossible
Aug 30 2010 9:42AM
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jibjunkie
Posts: 3807 - Karma: 191
this. please rowen its impossible to use
Aug 30 2010 10:45AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
rowen?
Aug 30 2010 11:40AM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7476 - Karma: 35,968
The only problem with the old searchbar though is that if you didn't know the exact title you would have a really hard time finding it.
So my suggestion is old searchbar results first followed by related titles.
Aug 30 2010 9:52PM
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jwalt
Posts: 611 - Karma: 11
All the members appear blue when you search, so its hard to know which account is the real one for a company, etc. or who is a pinkname. grrr
Aug 31 2010 7:45AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
how can i find a thread about favorite tv series if the stupid searchbar searches for all hits with TV or series, not both .....

-just my opinion once again....
it's crap ...
Sep 1 2010 6:09PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
So I just had my first fail with the searchbar. I wanted to go back and compile a list of winners from the photo contest, which I've done before with topics. It was great, I typed in 'photo contest' and every week appeared, one after the other. Now when I search, I have pages and pages of anything to do with photos and contests. All the "sway the vote +++k!!" threads. I would have to go back at least 20 pages to find Week 2.

I think this can be solved by having a specific and a broad search option. Is it possible to have "search for specific phrase" and a "search for anything with these words" option?
Sep 4 2010 10:54AM
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Sun_Ra
Posts: 983 - Karma: 279
Exactly. That would be the best.
Sep 5 2010 12:45AM
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jibjunkie
Posts: 3807 - Karma: 191
skollsteee made a thread with a good solutiom for this. he suggested implementing a parentheses system where any ohrase with paretheses would yiels all thread with that exact titrle whgile without it it would searcbh for threads with any of the key workds mathcing
Sep 5 2010 2:02AM
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mmallender.
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that is EXACTLY what i have said about 3 or 4 times in this thread already.... jesus you kids need to read more
Sep 5 2010 5:04AM
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jibjunkie
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i thnk everyone in here agrees it sucks and everyone seems to have a perfect solution but so far it doesnt look like ns will do anything about it
Sep 5 2010 12:23PM
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,805
NS is always evolving and always changing, and it's always done for no one other than the members. Don't have a bad attitude because a new searchbar was implemented 3 weeks ago and it hasn't been tweaked yet. You guys have to understand that NS is one in a million with the way it was created and built (and is still being built). So have patience and respect when it comes to bettering the site. These guys can only do so much.

And mmallander (I'm sure I'm close enough haha) I'm sorry for repeating something that has already been said. You don't gotta get mad over it though.
Sep 5 2010 12:35PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
here it the thread I made:

https://newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/558148/
Sep 5 2010 12:58PM
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Bhblaine
Posts: 725 - Karma: 100
they implemented this new searchbar so that no one could find old threads and they would die.... just sayinn
Sep 5 2010 1:43PM
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Downtofilm
Posts: 6896 - Karma: 20,395
i dislike it
Sep 5 2010 2:36PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE

i have not made ONE single successful search since the new searchbar...this is terrible. it's probably quicker to just browse through all the pages of the forums and try to find the thread
Sep 5 2010 3:16PM
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jibjunkie
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Sep 5 2010 10:28PM
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owned
Posts: 345 - Karma: 10
i can respect this. but maybe a little update on if/when they will be fixing/tweaking the new searchbar? that would be nice
Sep 6 2010 1:49PM
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jibjunkie
Posts: 3807 - Karma: 191
they arent going too. ns doesnt like admitting when they are wrong. they are all about change which is good but for the most part people just bitch about it and demand things stay the same. examples: new site interface, new logo, new searchbar
Sep 6 2010 3:23PM
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squibble
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i prefer some of the old elements over some of the new ones. you guys change things that people on the site NEVER mentioned or cared about, if its not broken don't fix it...

and since im complaining... i hate the blinking icon in park updates

but having said that, some of the new stuff is cool, and a vast improvement. the new new new searchbar has potential, but i have no idea how to use it. a tutorial would be nice
Oct 8 2010 8:01PM
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thelizards
Posts: 4042 - Karma: 43
It still sucks. please change back to how it was.
Oct 19 2010 10:40PM
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Chompo.
Posts: 4952 - Karma: 88
this.
Oct 20 2010 2:36PM
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dstriebs
Posts: 396 - Karma: 77
i can never find anything i am looking for anymore. it is useless if you are looking for specific threads
Oct 23 2010 1:51PM
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MothaHucker
Posts: 4678 - Karma: 2,591
i no like
Oct 27 2010 8:28PM
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squibble
Posts: 4569 - Karma: 104
plleease, i cant find anything
Oct 27 2010 10:42PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
Yea I agree, this shit is fucked up
Oct 28 2010 12:34AM
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T.DUDE
Posts: 1681 - Karma: 129
every time i use it, it works for shit. terrible.
Oct 28 2010 9:06AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
they should divide it into a title search or a keyword search
Oct 28 2010 3:09PM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
doesn't work at allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll UGH
Nov 1 2010 10:55AM
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