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I don't know how the search function currently works. When I search for something, the first couple of results posts might be from four years ago. Then there could be one from a year ago, then two years ago, then a month ago and so on. Maybe it hunts out posts with the searched word/phrase nearest the beginning of the post or something? Whatever it's doing, it's not very helpful. I know it may be a bother but this function is one of Dakka's most potentially helpful tools. Could you please either allow folks to decide how they receive results or at least have the results come back in reverse chronological order?

I'm not sure what it is doing either

A fix is coming and is pretty high priority, I'm just getting a load of other bugs and glitches out of the way first.

Thanks, LB. I'm really looking foward to this fix as I use the search function almost every single day. There's a ton of great content already on Dakka and it's frustrating not to be able to get to it.

Any word on this yet?

V9 loves necromancy...

My last post hardly qualifies as thread necro.

Still high priority, still more important bugs to squash first.

As long as it's still on the list.

I'm glad this is on the list too.

As a MOD, I'd love to drop the "USE SEARCH" hammer more often, but the search function on Dakka remains... quirky... at best!

Also, any chance of adding a search function onto 'my subscribed/viewed threads'? as mine list for subscribed is 5 pages long and viewed is 29!
thanks in advance

Ive been thinking lately that a search function geared specifically to thread titles might be a really useful as well. Any chance on getting such a thing?

Why not add tags to the threads and kind of use those to search then search by thread rather than post?

All I want is the ability to search a specific users post (i.e. My own posts).

Gwar! wrote:All I want is a working basic search function

Fixed it for you.

Yes, please update the search function. It is the only part that disappoints me upon this site. Dakka's great otherwise, keep it up!

Seems like it might be working more smoothly? Did you do something, LB?

Nothing has changed yet.