Re: more specific searches » Dr. Bob

Posted by IsoM on June 29, 2002, at 14:21:17

In reply to Re: more specific searches, posted by Dr. Bob on June 29, 2002, at 10:00:24

It would be nice if some of the ideas that Alta Vista has with its Boolean features or the way Google uses quotes to group words together. Here's a few examples.
To find a post like your previous one, we could use:
"Dr. Bob" AND "specific searches"
Or for medication related searches:
benefits AND NOT "side effects" AND "zyprexa OR neurontin" to really hone in on specific info.
It's not necessary that everyone uses them - allow for simple searches too. I've found that many posters here are pretty internet savvy & it would be a sweet feature, if you can spare the time to design a search feature like this.
* (asterisk) as a wildcat would be nice too for those unable to remember the exact spelling of a medication or a more complicated name of a another user.

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New Forum Design KellyM 6/28/02
Re: New Forum Design » KellyM IsoM 6/28/02
Re: New Forum Design James Fellows 6/28/02
boolean operators yah (nm) katekite 6/28/02
Search Function Ideas jane d 6/28/02
Re: more specific searches Dr. Bob 6/29/02
Re: more specific searches » Dr. Bob IsoM 6/29/02
Re: more specific searches Dr. Bob 6/29/02
Have looked at Search Help KellyM 6/29/02
Re: more specific searches » Dr. Bob IsoM 6/30/02
Re: more specific searches Dr. Bob 6/30/02
Re: more specific searches KellyM 6/30/02
Re: Search Function Ideas Dr. Bob 7/1/02
New Search for or excluding poster name - Great!!! (nm) » Dr. Bob jane d 7/1/02
Thanks so much for new criteria!!! (nm) » Dr. Bob IsoM 7/1/02

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