Open nolanw opened 12 years ago
Hell yeah, I use the forums search.
I never use the forums search because I never understand the UI. It would definitely be great though if we can make it work in a sensible way within the app.
I retract my silly mass-issue-closing.
Search is (was?) a platinum-only feature. I'm ok with pushing people to buy plat, but maybe we consider kicking out to a google search site:forums.somethingawful.com
if logged-in user can't search forums.
Here's a mock of one possible interface:
I haven't really thought through whether this is something we do contextually (e.g. a search bar atop the forums list, thread lists, etc.), or in a dedicated tab, or both, or something else.
There's also searching within a thread to consider.
And finally there's "find in page", which doesn't really need any kind of server hookup.
Probably makes sense to break this issue into a few smaller ones if anyone decides to start tackling this.
Awesome app, but is there any way to search? — svenkatesh
I’m bad at this maybe, but, is there a way to search in-app?
I’d search for the answer, but, you know... — pmchem
Any plans on adding a “search this thread” function now that the forums natively have that feature? — DoomTrainPhD
Is there some way to use the search in the app? I don’t see any way to search posts. — Nitrousoxide
I feel like I’m a big stupid, where do I search? — GreenBuckanneer
Forums page: https://forums.somethingawful.com/query.php
(See #735 for find-in-page searching.)