The New Forum Software!

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I'd say searching has taken a step backward under the new forum software. It's really *bad* that all the Posts for a given thread that fit the search show up in your results - IMO, this cripples the search functionality for this forum. At the most, this should exist as an option, that is turned off by default.

I have to agree that searching is a little clunkier now than before.

1) I prefer to search for "all" words vs. "any" words so I have to specify a search as for instance "+immortal +affliction" to find Posts pertaining to immortal healing. Which is OK, but if you don't know to do it, you will turn up hundreds of unrelated Posts.

2) I usually flip the search to "less than 1 year" instead of "less than 1 week." This requires a minimum of clicking, but still didn't have to be done before.

I've also found that it no longer defaults to the DOM2 forum when I go into search (although I know it did a few days ago).

I've never had it automatically search the DOM2 forum since the new software was installed. I would like it to. But the old software, while it *usually* searched in the DOM2 forum, sometimes defaulted to search all forums. I've never used any forums other than DOM2 on this server, though.

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Thanks for seconding there.

I believe the "search" functionality is the single most important functional aspect of a forum like this. I say this not to want to rant or criticize unneedingly (since the folks here are doing a GREAT job!), but because it is important, especially for "newbies". How many times have we written something to the effect like "use the search function to search for XYZ, your questions will be answered very well there!" -- this is no longer a real option. I have still been unsuccessful in finding particular threads which I *know* are out there, imagine how this must be for someone who doesnt know they are there.
Sorry for the criticism, otherwise a GREAT job here, I just wish that the search functionality could be optimized (or simply reverted to the old forum type, that worked well).