While I've nothing but praise for this message board, I'm often left tearing my hair out thanks to the search engine it uses.
My frustration stems from the following:
- I can't search for an exact phrase. If I type several words into the search box, the returned results will contain one or more of those words, possibly in the phrase I was looking for, but probably not.
- Threads returned via a search are sorted not by relevance, but by date
- Many message boards include an advanced search, which allows exclusion of certain words, or the ability to only search for posts which have been answered. No such luck here.
- Despite being told that several thousand matches were found, after clicking to page 2, I see the immortal words "No topics or posts met your search criteria"
- If the search has returned more than 6 pages of results, navigation is cumbersome to say the least. I can go straight to one of the first 3 or last 3 pages, but if I want page 15, for example, I need to keep clicking 'Next' until I reach that page.
All of the above mean I often spend hours trawling through posts in the hope that the next one I click on will be 'the one' that helps me solve my problem.
Am I the only person who, despite knowing that the answer I'm looking for has probably been posted here, only searches Mr Excel when all other avenues have been exhausted?
My frustration stems from the following:
- I can't search for an exact phrase. If I type several words into the search box, the returned results will contain one or more of those words, possibly in the phrase I was looking for, but probably not.
- Threads returned via a search are sorted not by relevance, but by date
- Many message boards include an advanced search, which allows exclusion of certain words, or the ability to only search for posts which have been answered. No such luck here.
- Despite being told that several thousand matches were found, after clicking to page 2, I see the immortal words "No topics or posts met your search criteria"
- If the search has returned more than 6 pages of results, navigation is cumbersome to say the least. I can go straight to one of the first 3 or last 3 pages, but if I want page 15, for example, I need to keep clicking 'Next' until I reach that page.
All of the above mean I often spend hours trawling through posts in the hope that the next one I click on will be 'the one' that helps me solve my problem.
Am I the only person who, despite knowing that the answer I'm looking for has probably been posted here, only searches Mr Excel when all other avenues have been exhausted?
