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rcor
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April 5, 2009
Question

search within specific forum difficult

  • April 5, 2009
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Selecting a specific forum from the list of all forums is a little difficult.  The list box is small, so you can only see a few at a time as you scroll through a list that contains many dozens of subforums.  Also, the order that the forums are listed in that list box is hard to understand (seems arbitrary?).  I had to scroll through the entire list line by line carefully reading each one because I had no way of knowing when to expect the entry I was looking for.

Also, just accessing the "advanced search" (or whatever you want to call the ability to search only within one or more specific forums) is a little more difficult than it used to be.  I would prefer it if a link to that page was part of the standard forums-browsing UI, say a second button next to the "Search Forums" text-entry field.

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    JayJhabrix
    Inspiring
    April 29, 2009

    Agreed...

    Initial search should relate and limit itself to the particular forum one's in... that's the way it used to be... search other forums can be done from the advanced option.

    Another couple of point are:

    1/ In the advanced option the drop down to select another forum is really clunky and one can't choose multiple forums

    2/ Search strings are very limited...

    The old systems was much better and far more meaningful.

    JJ

    Mark_A__Boyd
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Inspiring
    April 29, 2009

    jhabrix wrote:

    Initial search should relate and limit itself to the particular forum one's in... that's the way it used to be... search other forums can be done from the advanced option.

    I agree with that one - or at least it should default to the current forum with the ability to add/choose others.

    1/ In the advanced option the drop down to select another forum is really clunky and one can't choose multiple forums

    But you can. Or at least I can. Using [Ctrl] + click and/or [Shift] + click, just as in any multi-select Web forms control. (I suppose that would be Command+click on Mac)

    Sure, that is using the Adobe Jive Forums: Expanded Search "Where" Box, but multi-select is available without that User Style Sheet, too.

    2/ Search strings are very limited...

    The old systems was much better and far more meaningful.

    The old search system?! I totally disagree with that for both WebX and FuseTalk. I haven't tested the search string very thoroughly, but Search Tips seems to offer some pretty good versatility. But then, like the other JJ, John Joslin, I find the Google searches easier and faster. I do both Web and Groups searches if I need to search through the full history, though.

    Mark_A__Boyd
    Mark_A__Boyd
    Inspiring
    April 29, 2009
    But then, like the other JJ, John Joslin, I find the Google searches easier and faster.

    there's a theory on web design that says keep the eyeballs on your site. it's one that adobe apparently doesn't subscribe too, but then, it's more of a guideline, than a law...


    Must be something goofy with Jive's implementation. I just noticed this at the bottom of [ the Search all forum pages, including Search: ]

    Search powered by

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    Anonymous
    April 29, 2009

    I agree emphatically!

    Also, if I am browsing a specific forum, then I want the search to default to limiting itself to that forum. If I'm searching for FrameMaker information, I don't want to have to sift through topics from PhotoShop, Acrobat, InDesign, etc, etc, etc.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    April 5, 2009

    rgoer wrote:

    … just accessing the "advanced search" (or whatever you want to call the ability to search only within one or more specific forums) is a little more difficult than it used to be.  I would prefer it if a link to that page was part of the standard forums-browsing UI, say a second button next to the "Search Forums" text-entry field.

    What I did was to bookmark that page.  End of story.

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