Improving the ASR search function - is it possible?

[Dimitri]

once you open a thread as well as being able to search in the opened thread, you can click on someone's username, and an option is to show only that person's post in that thread

Poof! done! ( or close enough)

Search, This Thread, type in person's name produces this:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...hread]=12047&c[users]=Blumlein+88&o=relevance

 

[Blumlein 88]

Poof! done! ( or close enough)

Search, This Thread, type in person's name produces this:
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...hread]=12047&c[users]=Blumlein+88&o=relevance

I've never noticed the "this thread" choice in the drop down menu. Thanks for pointing that out to simpletons like me.

 

[Dimitri]

I've never noticed the "this thread" choice in the drop down menu. .

Fastest forum software upgrade ever!

 

[Blumlein 88]

Or you could use an asterisk. Also with an asterisk you can select two members only which might let you follow a discussion between two members.

 

[Dimitri]

Don't need the asterisk either

 

[Xulonn]

i have spent years doing lucene/solr and then elasticsearch. Haven’t done it for a living in a couple years, but if you ever want someone to do something with your elasticsearch, pm me, I’ll do it for free if I can.

Thanks Totoro.

That is exactly what I was looking for. I certainly did not expect Amir to take on such a task, and I know that lot of the regulars who have lots of internet skills and experience have their own methods and don't care. As a former desktop support tech, I was hoping someone would step up to help get search features for the non-computer literate visitors to the site. As for me, I get lazy and like having a good built-in search function.

I remember basic boolean search operators from many years ago, but they seem to have disappeared from many modern search modules. Being able to using a minus sign or having a "does not contain" field, a contains all of the words option, and allowing the use of quotation marks to find specific strings (phrases) would be a big step forward.

Edit: Sometimes I search for phrases, go to a page in the results, and don't see what I searched for - even when I follow up with a page search (Ctrl + F on Windows)

Edit 2: Not looking for a major overhaul - a couple of tweaks might help.

 

[Dimitri]

Edit: Sometimes I search for phrases, go to a page in the results, and don't see what I searched for - even when I follow up with a page search (Ctrl + F on Windows)

Strange!

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...ases)+would+be+a+big+step+forward&o=relevance

 

[Xulonn]

Strange!

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?search/1599066/&q=allowing+the+use+of+quotation+marks+to+find+specific+strings+(phrases)+would+be+a+big+step+forward&o=relevance

Remember, Dimitri, that I am an old geezer who sometimes misses a clue or two. But results like the one below puzzle me...

 

[RickSanchez]

I find ASR's built-in search to be pretty solid. Could be a bit better -- and I also have some issues when on Firefox on my iPhone -- but overall far better than most other forums I've dealt with.

Turning it around a bit to authors on the site: how often do people creating new threads use tags? (e.g., like this one I started back in November; note all of the tags I used at the top under the title, I think the limit is 10.) I can't speak to how either the XenForo software search feature or Google take tags into account in their respective search algorithms, especially in terms of prioritization. But as authors if you want to help people find your threads -- whether using site search or Google -- I imagine using tags is going to be beneficial.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Don't need the asterisk either

If I don't use the asterisk I get "No Results".

 

[somebodyelse]

I2S or I²S by itself will return too much

Not when it's a title only search, because you remember it being in the title ;-)

 

[Dimitri]

But results like the one below puzzle me...

Understandable
It allows searching for most single characters I tried, as long it wasn't a single 'a' !
or the words 'and' or 'the'
Keeps things interesting

 

[Dimitri]

If I don't use the asterisk I get "No Results".

Consistent and predictable behavior is overrated!
Jokes aside,I have no explanation for this. Yet.
Which browser and OS?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Consistent and predictable behavior is overrated!
Jokes aside,I have no explanation for this. Yet.
Which browser and OS?

Firefox on Manjaro Linux. I'll try another browser.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Well that was it. Using Brave Browser which is Chrome-based, it works without an asterisk. I'll have to give it a try on Safari on my MacBook later.

 

[raif71]

I have no issues with current search. So, should I choose the 3rd option ie "No - I use google site search ..... " ?

 

[Sal1950]

I have no issues with current search. So, should I choose the 3rd option ie "No - I use google site search ..... " ?

Good question, there's no choice that covers our feelings. I used "Who Cares"

 

[raif71]

"who cares" may give the wrong impression that one just doesn't use search but I do use search and I find the search in ASR extremely useful

 

[Sal1950]

"who cares" may give the wrong impression that one just doesn't use search but I do use search and I find the search in ASR extremely useful

Yea,, six of one and half a dozen of the other. There's just no option for those of us who are happy with the search here.
Yo @Xulonn , how about modifying your poll to have a "I'm happy with the current search" , then we can change our votes to truly reflect our opinion.

 

[Xulonn]

Yo @Sal1950 - the deed is done - but only because a fellow Chicago south-sider asked...

I set up the poll to allow votes to be changed.