I was just baffled after trying to search for one of my posts and being 'locked' out of it after 3 attempts. I don't really understand that one. . . . . . .
I was just baffled after trying to search for one of my posts and being 'locked' out of it after 3 attempts. I don't really understand that one. . . . . . .
if you are looking for one of your own posts you might have better luck clicking on 'my posts' at the top of the page. if it is a really old one it might take some paging back, though, to find it.
"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young
Some, myself included, would say searching through a search function would be much easier than hunting and pecking through hundreds of posts.
EDIT: I specified I 'made a new thread' because I know there are other "search function" threads, but I didn't want to hunt and peck through this sub-forum, and my search was locked, so new thread it was.
It lets me do three searches, then locks it out. I found out I can shut down the browser, open a new one, and start again after. Not sure how long it wants me to wait...
paul wheaton wrote:I popped a note in to the staff at coderanch about this. I suggested that if a user has more than 30 posts then the timer can be reduced.
Thanks Paul.
I actually don't mind the Permies search function, so that's why I'd like to see it improved.
I end up misspelling or mis-remembering what keyword I need to use and sometimes need more than 3 attempts. I misspelled my own name in one of those attempts that even got me to make this thread.
Jaikiran, from the CodeRanch staff, took a look and said that folks are limited to three searches per minute. He made it so folks with lots of posts are limited to 6 searches per minute. That might help.
you say "tin pot dictator" like it is a bad thing!