Doug Kerr
Well-known member
The search feature of the forum needs improvement in a number of ways. It appears to suffer from the working of various defaults in the forum software package.
One of the most irritating is that if I do a search on, for example, "MTF" , I get this result:
That is no doubt why there were no matches.
I guess that "MTF" fails as "too short".
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" fails as well. Too common, perhaps.
On another front, there is no hint given as to how to use a multi-phrase as the search key, or how to AND or OR individual search terms. (Maybe I'm just missing some of the help.)
The OPF archive is a wondrous resource. Users do not have the tools they need to exploit it.
Best regards,
Doug
One of the most irritating is that if I do a search on, for example, "MTF" , I get this result:
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : MTF
The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : MTF
That is no doubt why there were no matches.
I guess that "MTF" fails as "too short".
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" fails as well. Too common, perhaps.
On another front, there is no hint given as to how to use a multi-phrase as the search key, or how to AND or OR individual search terms. (Maybe I'm just missing some of the help.)
The OPF archive is a wondrous resource. Users do not have the tools they need to exploit it.
Best regards,
Doug