Discussion
Imagine you are looking at a thread like the one in P&P at the moment about Worst Phrases.
How many times have you had to read a hugely long multi-page thread before you post your nugget of information to make sure no one else has said it. How many times have people said "I haven't read the whole thing, but..." or "has anyone said?" and everyone groans because it's the 5th time.
So what about a search box at the top of the page when you're viewing a thread where you simply type a word/phrase and press return to search within the current thread. I can't see the server overheard being large as it is restricted to just one thread.
It also might cut down on use of the dodgy search function that must put quite a strain on the servers when they check x 100,000s of posts.
It really is fluff of an idea at face value but I can see it being damn useful.
How many times have you had to read a hugely long multi-page thread before you post your nugget of information to make sure no one else has said it. How many times have people said "I haven't read the whole thing, but..." or "has anyone said?" and everyone groans because it's the 5th time.
So what about a search box at the top of the page when you're viewing a thread where you simply type a word/phrase and press return to search within the current thread. I can't see the server overheard being large as it is restricted to just one thread.
It also might cut down on use of the dodgy search function that must put quite a strain on the servers when they check x 100,000s of posts.
It really is fluff of an idea at face value but I can see it being damn useful.
miniman said:
Get Firefox, go to thread, CTRL+F, enter search word, Firefox searches within page. Not within the thread, admittedly...
stop spoiling his fluff idea.Besides, would you fancy doing that on 140 page thread?
and you don't need to hit CTRL F if you have it set to autosearch on type...
miniman said:
Davi said:
Besides, would you fancy doing that on 140 page thread?
Not so bad if you choose 80 posts per page 
but then that was by someone that thought a plane wouldn't take off from a conveyor belt
Edited by Davi on Wednesday 25th June 20:20
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