Why a four letter minimum in the search?

vice86 · 11-03-03, 11:28 PM

Kinda annoying when I go to look for family GUY or the family MAN and it wont search cuz their are 3 letter words....just curious.

DonnachaOne · 11-03-03, 11:39 PM

Been around a year and don't know?

It's to keep bandwidth use down. Putting a letter limit means a much smaller field to search.

Static Cling · 11-04-03, 12:34 AM

Search for "search" in the feedback forum, and you will turn up tons of threads about people's displeasure about the search feature. Closing duplicate.

11-03-03, 11:28 PM	#1
vice86 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Poconos, PA Posts: 336	Why a four letter minimum in the search? Kinda annoying when I go to look for family GUY or the family MAN and it wont search cuz their are 3 letter words....just curious. __________________ Receptionist: How do you write women so well? Melvin Udall: Easy. I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.

11-04-03, 12:34 AM	#3
Static Cling Admin Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty state! Posts: 12,839	Search for "search" in the feedback forum, and you will turn up tons of threads about people's displeasure about the search feature. Closing duplicate. __________________ Mike's Collection They stompled all over me. - Thunderball Hippies take things from all cultures and make it suck. - kvrdave

11-03-03, 11:39 PM	#2
DonnachaOne DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A place where they know how to pronounce "Donnacha" correctly Posts: 9,806	Been around a year and don't know? It's to keep bandwidth use down. Putting a letter limit means a much smaller field to search.