Maybe some day - I hope - ASR will have a sophisticated search subroutine, because the current one is horribly limited. We have a wealth of information that often requires endless browsing to find simple answers. There are many techies here who can use Google's site search, but that is not helpful to the general public and non-techies who come here looking for highly usable, narrowly defined discussions, test results and recommendations.
Perhaps someone looking for a high page view count might see a benefit in forcing non-techie visitors through a maze of semi-relevant search hits, but there are better ways to accomplish that. Making the search function as stellar as ASR's growing treasure trove of test and measurement results could transorm an already excellent audio forum website to an incredible one.
I assume that our current membership includes some techies with software and web design background. Are there any coders out there who can volunteer a little time to help out with this issue? Or simply clarify the issues involved.
(Years ago - in the days of DOS 3.1, 5.0, and the early days of Windows 3.1, I worked in sales and tech support for a California scientific software company. I also participated in alpha testing and helped with tech support for beta testers. I am not a programmer, but I have seen what really good coders can do.)
Perhaps someone looking for a high page view count might see a benefit in forcing non-techie visitors through a maze of semi-relevant search hits, but there are better ways to accomplish that. Making the search function as stellar as ASR's growing treasure trove of test and measurement results could transorm an already excellent audio forum website to an incredible one.
I assume that our current membership includes some techies with software and web design background. Are there any coders out there who can volunteer a little time to help out with this issue? Or simply clarify the issues involved.
(Years ago - in the days of DOS 3.1, 5.0, and the early days of Windows 3.1, I worked in sales and tech support for a California scientific software company. I also participated in alpha testing and helped with tech support for beta testers. I am not a programmer, but I have seen what really good coders can do.)