Thursday, September 6th, 2007
at 8:38pm
The search giant Google added a new lever of search to their offerings today. As I opened the company’s Google Reader service, I noticed the new search field in the upper pane or the interface:
Whatever Greasemonkey script was previously used to hack a search field is no longer necessary. The new option allows you to search and aspect of your feeds (starred items, folders, etc.), and even works in Opera (I’m a big Opera devotee, so, you know).
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
at 6:50pm
Even though SMF is a wonder of a product, its search functionality is almost as bad as the rest of the crowd. This also goes for the majority of sites out there that aren’t searchable through some kind of Google-powered engine (like the MTA’s site). but there’s another twist to it.
Looking for a particular topic on one of my favorite forums, I performed a search using SMF’s search box, but it got me nothing useful (in my first attempt - it seemed to have learned a few tricks since then). Since I am subscribed to the topic, the next best idea is to use Gmail to find it. Lo and behold:
The wonders of the Web amaze me, but not as much as why I have to use my own stuff to get things on another site.
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