Re: List intolerance VS advocacy

[Ted U <grendel@heorot.stanford.edu>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, David Hodnett wrote:

> 2) The oBSD mailing list archive search program treats the query
> phrase as one complete phrase by default.  Just about every other
> search program treats each word as a seperate query, by default.

This again stems from the fact that people have difficulty transferring
what is in front of their eyes to behind their eyes without loss.  _Above_
the search box there are instructions; presumably one might try reading
them first.  But I guess that's the whole point.

What you expect is not a guarentee you'll get it.  If I wanted to drive in
the UK, I'd consider investigating how before I go careening down the
right (as in unleft) side of the road.  If people applied such common
sense to computers, we'd all be better off.



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