I miss the Old search formatt sorely

Reply #20

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:46:18 GMT

Enough of you have spoken, maybe Todd will bring back the old.It isn't a major issue with me, I'll stick around no matter what kind of search engine is used.

Reply #19

Rick G — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:41:08 GMT

What I liked about the old search engine was that you go could go back using your name and select author of post and you could choose to go to your last post in that thread. Now that doesn't seem to be an option (unless I'm mistaken). It takes you to the last thread you posted in and you have to go through the same pages you've already read to find where you last left off. In the case of multiple page threads it takes much longer to do that.Maybe I didn't check it out close enough, I don't know.... [ More ]

Reply #18

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:38:07 GMT

dmanGuess I don't know specifically what you need from that search.Results 1 - 10 of 53 for Laverne Maloney States Dates . (3.75 seconds

Reply #17

chouquounette — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:29:57 GMT

thanks for your opinion....I love LP and Todd.....I think and I have said so....the old search engine WAS VERY EFFICIENT

Reply #16

tntea — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:29:38 GMT

with the old way.. you could put in tao and every post topic name with tao came up .. it was fantastic...

Reply #15

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:24:21 GMT

inittowinYou are right - I can't explain why. Maybe Todd can. If you simply put in tao it brings up a reference to 101.Actually, let me change that, it DID appear on the 2nd page of results....but the old way might have produced the same result

Reply #14

dman2005 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:21:09 GMT

Truecritic....I am glad the new way is working out better for you..but apparently you are the only one to post thus far that seems to like the new way... The other day..I was reading a post...Laverne Maloney said to search for States Dates...and do one for Number Association....she was the author I believe...but try searching it both ways...with her as the author and without....now try seraching for that...set it to look over past year....lol.....I have ...

Reply #13

tntea — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:18:50 GMT

I would be great if there was an option.. For instance you like the particle post there to preview before opening.. I dont.. I had rather have it lined up like the regular forum to find what I am looking for..If there was a way to click just for topics only.. that would be wonderful. It would give everyone a choice..And to do away with multiple posts when looking for topics only... with only one click.. that would make it much easier ..

Reply #12

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:12:24 GMT

dman2005>try to seach for just a user ie..author like we did on old searchYes, I will use the same type of example. Old way: I was trying to find a username in reference to a particular item. I had a devil of a time. I had to open each and every thread - and read nearly all individual posts to determine if what I wanted was there. Opening a page at Lottery Post takes about as long as my patience can handle. And to have to open several, I finally gave up after wasting an hour.Now: I can type... [ More ]

Reply #11

inittowin — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:05:05 GMT

I have to agree with most here. I just put in lottery filters 101 and lottery filters 104 came up... I favor the previous search over the current one.

Reply #10

Demi540 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:46:31 GMT

What I used to like to search for were Chouq's threads about what follows; I cannot do it anymore easily.

Reply #9

dman2005 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:39:11 GMT

truecritc...try to seach for just a user ie..author like we did on old search...it would pull up all their posts...with the new search...you put in a username....and search...you get hundreds of posts...whether the user was the author or just replied...but hundreds of posts...try it....also when searching....somtimes one does not have exact search terms in mind...I love searching by a user just to seee all the posts they authored ..ie discussed or predicted......so its hard to narrow down the se... [ More ]

Reply #8

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:20:34 GMT

Anyone getting hundreds of almost identical listings needs to extend their search terms to make them more specific. If you punch in John Doe - and nothing else, expect hundreds. If you punch in John Doe Lottery Post Pick 4 Post about deflate etc; you will get a much narrower result.

Reply #7

Blackapple — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:15:53 GMT

I just have to get use tousing the new.

Reply #6

tntea — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:13:38 GMT

I have stopped searches.. because I dont have the time. I find it easier to use daily active topics if I can remember a time frame.

Reply #5

Sherwin — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:08:13 GMT

All I know is that since the change went into effect, it has taken me much longer to find exactly what I'm searching for. And you know how valuable time is when doing lottery research. After all, we are in the business of eliminating excess data to cut down on our workload. Anything that hinders that is a problem.It's a search engine and it does what it does...eventually. It's just not as efficient as it could be. For me, it's like going back to Ya*oo! after using Go*gle for years. Why both... [ More ]

Reply #4

dman2005 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:07:32 GMT

I miss it too..and I tried to explain to Todd that old way was better...read about it here....Todd and I do not see eye to eye on this..and I guess I did a poor job of explaining the problem...any case..I don't use the serrach any more....to difficult to find things..and I dont want to spend hours thumbing thru hundreds of pages..why do we need to see the same thread over and over in the search results????~ROLLS EYES~https://www.lotterypost.com/threads124273p2.htm

Reply #3

tntea — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:55:15 GMT

Yes it works.. but takes so much more time to find something...

Reply #2

truecritic — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:51:54 GMT

I really like the new one - it works, even if there are multiple listings for the same thread.

Reply #1

tntea — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:48:34 GMT

I miss it too. I was sure hoping Todd would bring it back for the Platinum members at least..

I miss the Old search formatt sorely

Blackapple — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:36:15 GMT

I could find detailed infoquickly.There is more depthin the old search.I have seenrepeating posts with the newone.Going back 6 months,a yearin a flash was neat.