Ciao Jeremy I thought that a great example. Yes you CAN find things IF you know an exact string, BUT the issue is you need to know the exact phrase. AND you need to use Google for easiest hit.
The issue that the OP was, maybe not as clear as it should have been, is I want to be able to search the vast GG archive to find solutions I DON'T know the exact title of. To give a couple of examples ... - HOW do I find "all but only" what Eric Shulman has done about cloud maps? - HOW do I find posts about "NotoWritey" (Or is it "NotoWriterly") that specifically discuss its use of regular expressions? My contention is that we are losing history here from lack of appropriate tagging, lack of upvoting & pretty awful search (i.e. GG's native search, not Google per se). I think the thread kinda inched towards re-hashing shifting groups. BUT my intent was not really so concerned with that. RATHER: *HOW can we make the best of what we have here in GG?* Finding solutions seems to me the premier concern in this GG. I'm wondering if we might in a TW design a better interface to Google that will better deliver the results users needs? Thoughts TT ' On Monday, 31 May 2021 at 15:56:12 UTC+2 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: > NO, Google Groups search is TERRIBLE. > And WORSE than it was before. > > And that is a MAJOR factor in end-user frustration. > > Please prove me wrong. > *Show some complex searches that work? *:-) > > > I think whether we use Google Groups or Discourse, the best way to search > the archives will always be a straightforward web search (OK, Google > search). As an experiment, I searched for a literal phrase from a message > in the group a month ago, and google found it instantly: > > > https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=+%22winter+2019%2C+when+we+were+working+on+the+Commander+plugin%22&client=safari&hl=en-gb&sxsrf=ALeKk03Qjh7fZzQxEE2_9X6csk0ZQAX5hA%3A1622469136222&ei=EOq0YJjtDI-NhbIPicKYkAw&oq=+%22winter+2019%2C+when+we+were+working+on+the+Commander+plugin%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANQ8UxY8Uxg705oBHAAeACAAUGIAX2SAQEymAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiYtZfEiPTwAhWPRkEAHQkhBsIQ4dUDCA0&uact=5 > > If the URL doesn't come through, it is just the result of searching for > the string (including quotes): > > "winter 2019, when we were working on the Commander plugin" > > As ever, the difficulty is coming up with the right search phrases. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1375ca2e-38b5-4ce4-b6f0-68b48964d737n%40googlegroups.com.
