Kimiakane

I keep looking in on threads that look interesting to me and occasionally see these fellows that say Search is your friend however, when I try to "search" I seem to get 500 million results and most seem to have nothing to do with what I was looking for. Is this something that just happens to me, or do many here actually have time to read through all the results to find out if it applies to what they are looking for?

NaturalMystic79

Search is a great tool... I just wish it would accept 3 letter words.

Groucho

There have been several threads on this topic. A search would have revealed them.

Kimiakane

Along with at least a thousand other threads as well, no doubt.

marty888

It's not perfect, but it usually comes through for me. Use the appropriate key word(s) and consider whether you want to search titles only, spcific forums, etc,

P.S. - If I were to do a search for "search", I might limit it to Forum Feedback and Support, and would never see this thread.

victant

Search is my friend, until I ask a question and someone finds it necessary to tell me so!

Toad

I make it a point not to be friends with internet search engines. I prefer real people.

DodgingCars

In general, I think search is my friend. I frequently find what I want with it. Sometimes you need to be creative... just like you do with Google.

chrisih8u

Search used to be my friend. Till it banged my wife.

nodeerforamonth

First, it's hard to find the search button.

Secondly, I can never find what I'm searching for! It doesn't accept 3 letter words, which really messes things up when the movies I'm looking for have 3 letters in them. Try to find any info on the movie "Big". That's wickity wack.

majorjoe23

Nice bargain.

Damfino

No OAR = No Sale


feedback forum?

DonnachaOne

I'm here a lot, so generally, I have a good idea of what's been posted and discussed before, so I'll use the search button if I'm not sure.

Josh H

The search function on this forum is useless about 90% of my time (digs up irrelevant threads, can't search words under 4 letters, 3 if you use the * for a wildcard, etc), so no, it is not my friend.

Toad

I'll answer seriously.

I use it sometimes to see if I have a specific question that has been answered.

If its the same general topic though, with an entirely different take, then I will not hesitate for a second to start a new thread. The "search is your friend" people are not my friends.

darqleo

What Josh Hinkle said.

FilmFanSea

Groucho:
Your comments always make my day. Thanks for a good chuckle.

matome

The three character limit is weak.

cupon

Absolutely. I hate crashing into this roadblock.

NoxHaveN

costanza

i have no friends

Easy

It absolutely sucks. Worse, the use of wildcards is disabled so you can't search something like *ER* or ER**.

LasVegasMichael

Not a fan of the search either. I do attempt to use it whenever applicable, but it does bring up a lot of useless stuff.

Personally, I don't mind an occasional duplicate.

Dazed

I use it mostly to search for threads I have posted in. So yes its my friend in that regard.

I dont really use seach often for any other purpose. Not being able to search for 3 letter words is silly though, but I guess its just to stop the database getting bogged down.

Dragonslayer

I find persons on discussion boards who coldly say "Use the Search Function that's what it is there for" to be rude. I does not hurt at times to lend a hand & if you don't wish to help, well just don't reply. If the question goes unanswered I believe the person who asked the question will get the point.

As to the problem with the 3 letter limitation. The owners of the Forum should fix it. I'm sure if we ask nicely that they will try. I ran in to the same problem on another Forum. I asked politely & the problem was soon fixed.