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    Posted: August 30 2007 at 20:45
Is it not working for anyone else? 'Cause it sure as sh*t ain't workin' for me.
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It sucks.
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Points: 14378 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2007 at 02:51
Yeah, it does. Even as a last resort I won't use it...I'll search manually. 
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2007 at 03:57
What are the problems with it?
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My biggest problems with it:

1. It has too many options - they're confusing even me (I built Ratingfreak.com, remember Wink).
2. When a search doesn't return any results, you can't simply change your search phrase - you have to start from scratch. This means you have to remember exactly how you configured the numerous dropdowns and search options.
3. So your search doesn't find anything ... you go back and enter a new search phrase and submit the search ... boom, the system says "Haha - too soon you idiot, go back and do it all again and this time please use a stop watch to make sure you don'T submit two searches within 20 seconds.".

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Points: 14378 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2007 at 10:25
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

My biggest problems with it:

1. It has too many options - they're confusing even me (I built Ratingfreak.com, remember Wink).
2. When a search doesn't return any results, you can't simply change your search phrase - you have to start from scratch. This means you have to remember exactly how you configured the numerous dropdowns and search options.
3. So your search doesn't find anything ... you go back and enter a new search phrase and submit the search ... boom, the system says "Haha - too soon you idiot, go back and do it all again and this time please use a stop watch to make sure you don'T submit two searches within 20 seconds.".

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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2007 at 11:15
OK doke, I can compile the shortcomings and ask M@x to look at them. Is this what the original thread was referring to, or does TW literally mean it "ain't working".
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^ I'm not sure. Sometimes I had the feeling that I had all the parameters adjusted correctly but the search did not find a thread which *had* to be there ... but I can't reproduce it now.
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Points: 7113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2007 at 00:39
I've found that it sometimes utterly blinks out on me, finding no results for stuff that honestly should be there. And I mean honestly should, like..."robert fripp" and "guitar solo."
 
The whole "search for posts by a member" thing comes through okay, however.
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