This is general interest, so we are responding publicly. We've discovered that many of the advanced query results have been leaking out through a fractured fiber optic line in the Gulf of Mexico. It is hard to get a precise measurement, but we believe 13 to 20 thousand bits of information per day are entering the water. We are attempting to siphon some of the data into entropy tanks, but may have to make a second network connection to re-route the data entirely. Okay, I just made that up. But without naming any names, it is true that one of us actually worked in the petroleum industry a long long time ago.
Thanks for pointing out the flaw. It's embarrassing, we missed it, and to my surprise you were the first to report. Only 16 advanced queries actually tried looking past the first page of results yesterday, that might explain part of it. As for the feature requests, priority is on localization; we've only made a small dent on French, Indonesian, and Portuguese; that means there are over 20 languages left to go. Goal is to complete localization by end of quarter. The other requests sound reasonable to me, but will probably take a back seat for the time being. It will take a little work on the user interface side to let folks start with "advanced search"; if we just stuck in the link without some massaging users would see a confusing "0 results" page before doing their initial query. As for sorting by name or other fields, my only complaint is the extra work for localization. But it isn't that crazy, and we'll put it on the drawing board. If we do implement it, the other Jeff would probably be the one to do it. Be forewarned, he's very tied up for at least a month, but we'll definitely discuss. Thanks again for the feedback. -Jeff ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> Date: Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM Subject: Advanced search... To: Mail Archive Support <themailarch...@gmail.com> Hi Jeff and Jeff, The new advanced search form is an interesting development. It makes creating author, subject, and time-based searches much easier. Two things: If the advanced search yields multiple pages of hits, anything past the first page returns 0 results. A member was making happy noises about the great new search facility, until he noticed this problem! <grin> Second, would it be too burdensome to just put a link somewhere near the search box for 'advanced search' instead of burying it two pages deep? If I know the terms of a complex search I want to make, I'm forced to do what amounts to a throw away search just to get to a page with a link to the advanced search form. Lastly, on a slightly different tack, how about making it possible to sort search results by various values, e.g., date, author, subject, etc.? It sure would make it easier to locate just the right post among a lot of returns. Otherwise, the archives have been reliable and are getting good reviews from those who use them. Thank you for your continued efforts! Be well, Mike D. owner, silver-l...@eskimo.com [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- To unsubscribe, send mail to gossip-unsubscr...@jab.org.
