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To: Sr K who wrote (1212)9/18/2014 7:59:32 PM
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re: search inoperative for time stamps

Wow. That's an unexpected side effect of the "prettified" dates & times.

How are you searching the SubjectMarks thread? Do you use the browser's built-in text search ("Ctrl-F") on the displayed web page, or are you actually using SI's "Advanced Search" facility under the "Tools" heading?

It sounds like you are talking about a full text search, where you are looking for embedded dates (such as "2014"). I don't think the search facility would have picked up "2014" in the post's displayed time stamp because those dates are "plunked" into the web page at display time.

Each page isn't reconstructed during each search ... at least I hope not ... wow, what a performance hog that would be. Typically, searches are performed by issuing a database query, so only raw text would be found. It wouldn't find anything that would have to be interpreted (such as a Julian date -- 99365 -- being converted to a Gregorian date -- 12/31/1999). Note the Y2K exposure !!

Of course, none of this discussion would be necessary if "they" had submitted their "enhancement" plans to a review committee of people who actually USE the site in a "production" mode. The whole date "prettification" change would have been rejected.

This is really sad. This site was the best in the business for investment discussions. Now look at it.

Sigh ...

I guess the question we should be asking ourselves now is ... what is the site SUPPOSED to be? It appears to me they're trying to satisfy too many needs. Bad idea. Specialization is good, especially in user interfaces. Know your audience.

Oh, and BTW, the customer is ALWAYS right.

Sure is a pretty day.

TED
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