This is a gripe on something that can only get worse over time, as new nodes are added all the time...

Lately I've noticed that if you type in an approximate title, this site brings up a list of possible matches, but that list isn't necessarily complete, while it pretends to be (no "search more" option), and it doesn't appear to be sort the results to list the most recent nodes first. As a result, it often becomes impossible to quickly find recent nodes this way, thereby (IMO) reducing the value of this lookup system as a whole.

Two examples:

Yet I do have the impression I've made up pretty close matches to the actual titles.

I do strongly feel that listing most recent threads first, would be more useful as a whole. I don't think actually showing more matches, or having a "search more" link, would be really necessary, if only the most recent nodes were all listed — at least those freshly in memory, up to a few weeks in age, and at least the root nodes. If necessary, notes whose title matches their parent's, could be dropped first.

So... what do you think... Would it actually appear to be better to anybody else? Would this be difficult to patch?

In reply to Name clashes in lookup by title by bart

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