It would be helpful to have an option on the main search so that it can list only the starting post of threads. Currently we get back the question and all the replies too; it's hard to pick out which ones are wanted. If I can't see the first post in the search results, the quickest way to get to the start of the thread is to click on one of the replies, and then on the "in thread foo" link on the page that loads.

Edit kudra, 2002-05-16 Added 'from searches' to title

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Dont list replies
by belg4mit (Prior) on May 15, 2002 at 17:54 UTC
    The "Main Search" is in the top left of the screen, unless this is a user setting I don't see how it's possible without adding clutter. OTOH adding an option to Super Search to NOT check *titles* for the supplied keywords seems reasonable. You'd still get replies showing up, but only replies with relevant content. I don't think you want to completely eliminate replies from the result as it is my understanding that recently the result set was modified to return in order of best match?

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    perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"

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      Perhaps the depth of the node could be used as part of the algorithm to determine the relevance of the match? That would cause the main nodes to float closer to the top of the search result list.
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        Possibly, but search is already expensive. My suggestion ought to actually lighten the load, checking the depth adds work; I would imagine the only thing a node knows is its parent, not its family tree.

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        perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"

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(kudra) Re: Dont list replies (with searches)
by kudra (Vicar) on May 16, 2002 at 09:02 UTC
    Your best bet is probably to use the super search, and limit your results to all categories except 'notes'. I'd also like to see a shortcut for the option, however.

    (I imagine the author of the root node knows this because of the reference to 'main search', but I think it's worth mentioning for people who might stumble across the node in the future. At the time of this writing, super search is a bit broken).

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Re: Dont list replies from searches
by danichka (Hermit) on May 16, 2002 at 20:51 UTC
    Would changing the bgcolor of root nodes work? It would make them stand out a little more which I would personally like. I don't think it would clutter up the screen either. I'm just worried about making search even more taxing for the site.

    use Your::Head;
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