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MinorAnnoyance
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 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject: Is there a better way to search the forums? |
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| There was a forum topic I read on the weekend and now I've thought of something to say in it, but I can't find it now. I'm not on the same computer so the history can't help and it would probably be weeks until I'm at that computer again. The only words I remember from the first post were "good news" but the search function doesn't sort buy date so I'm getting post from 2005. |
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CloudWalker
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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google
good news site:www.wrongplanet.net
It should be sorted by date, if that's not enough, goto google's advanced page and select last week/month in the date field. |
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makuranososhi
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: Re: Is there a better way to search the forums? |
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| MinorAnnoyance wrote: | | There was a forum topic I read on the weekend and now I've thought of something to say in it, but I can't find it now. I'm not on the same computer so the history can't help and it would probably be weeks until I'm at that computer again. The only words I remember from the first post were "good news" but the search function doesn't sort buy date so I'm getting post from 2005. |
At the Forum Index, click at the upper right hand corner of the list of the individual forums on the link "View your posts" - this will show all your posts in order from most recent to first. Given the total number of your posts, it shouldn't take too long to find it from that list.. at least an alternative option for you.
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Maggiedoll
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| CloudWalker wrote: | google
good news site:www.wrongplanet.net
It should be sorted by date, if that's not enough, goto google's advanced page and select last week/month in the date field. |
Ooo, that's a good idea, that didn't occur to me! But do WP topics come up as "news"?
I used the old search for awhile, but then it started just redirecting to the new google custom search, which has that pesky issue of not sorting by date.
| makuranososhi wrote: | | At the Forum Index, click at the upper right hand corner of the list of the individual forums on the link "View your posts" - this will show all your posts in order from most recent to first. Given the total number of your posts, it shouldn't take too long to find it from that list.. at least an alternative option for you. |
I don't think he was referring to a post he'd posted in, it was one he'd read, and then later thought of something to say. (Hmm, that would actually be a kinda nice feature if it would tell you the things you've recently looked at, like Overstock.com does.. Hey Lau, is there a good Firefox plug-in that does that?)
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lau
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| Maggiedoll wrote: | | ... (Hmm, that would actually be a kinda nice feature if it would tell you the things you've recently looked at, like Overstock.com does.. Hey Lau, is there a good Firefox plug-in that does that?) |
No. In Seamonkey, I just type Ctrl+H. It's Ctrl+Shift+H in Firefox.
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Maggiedoll
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| lau wrote: | | Maggiedoll wrote: | | ... (Hmm, that would actually be a kinda nice feature if it would tell you the things you've recently looked at, like Overstock.com does.. Hey Lau, is there a good Firefox plug-in that does that?) |
No. In Seamonkey, I just type Ctrl+H. It's Ctrl+Shift+H in Firefox. |
Ah ha! And it'll even let you search and tell you when you visited each one! You rock!
(although I feel a bit stupid for not having known that..  )
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CloudWalker
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Maggiedoll wrote: | | Ooo, that's a good idea, that didn't occur to me! But do WP topics come up as "news"? |
"good news" is the keyword and "site:..." is the site.
And of course your local history will provide the most flexible way to search if the post is still there. |
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