Search issue...

[Fred Derf Veteran]

How do I do a search for blu-ray DVD devices?

Obviously there must be content on Neowin but I get no results from a search. Neowin searches need to be four or more characters so I can't search for +blu +ray (or +blu +ray +dvd) and I think the hyphen causes trouble.

[threetonesun]

Bluray

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Bluray

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Well, that's now how it's supposed to be spelled. Will that search find articles where it has been spelt correctly?

[threetonesun]

Well, that's now how it's supposed to be spelled.  Will that search find articles where it has been spelt correctly?

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AFAIK, the search engines on these boards are just pull relevant character strings, so I don't see any reason why it would see blu-ray as different from bluray or blu+ray or BLuRaY. Or even Blueray, or Blueberryray, but ... I could be wrong. I certainly gets some results.

nm/Blueberry ray just brings up this thread :rofl: . But bluray should work.

[Joel]

blu-ray site:www.neowin.net

[threetonesun]

blu-ray site:www.neowin.net

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went from silly walk to fancy pants I see.

[Joel]

My pants are no fancier than my walk. :p

[iczman]

yeah i often find myself using google to crawl thru neowin forum cuz neowin serach doesn't alow 3 characters or lower, and it's not as effective as google search...

[+John Teacake MVC]

I think he means that when you use the search feature you must specify a search string of at least x amount of characters so if you are searching for something like CDR for example then it wont work becuase its too short. Rather annoying this :(

[canbeli]

yes. can the mods admins change this? Especially words like php, IPB, C++ etc.

[Joel]

yes. can the mods admins change this? Especially words like php, IPB, C++ etc.

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Nope, the search is like that on purpose. Use the solution posted above if you need to look for 3 chars.