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We Need to put this Apple Support Community Message Board back to the Classic way, this 1 is horrible 😟 i'm not being mean just stating my opinion thats all, it's up to you at Apple what to do though it's your choice it's only an opinion so i hope i did not say anything wrong???
There've been complaints and you can send Apple feedback, but it is what it is - don't know if there will be any changes made or not. I hope they'll improve it!
ok i know i understand thank you Barbra 🙂
You're welcome!
ok thank you 🙂
You're welcome.
It needs a lot of improvements. See like Apple didn't check out the competition for other forums are doing things. Even Microsoft has better forums.
Here is my collection of work-arounds.
The June 2014 Forum
Here are user improvements:
Hiroto's CSS changes to improve the readablity of the forums.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6428850
turingtest2's easy to navigate list of forums.
Maybe Apple should switch to Windows to run ASC?
rcc........ et al
Here's a couple more...
Yellowbox's compilation
Getting the best out of the 'New-Look' forums (... | Apple Support Communities
My method for getting the URL for MyReplies using super search (pretty sure that one would need a "secret keyword" to achieve YourReplies)
CCC
rcc...... et al
rcc, you are a Firefox user right? I have found faster & fastest way to search ASC - Google.
use this format exactly as you see it spaces and NOT spaces without the quotes unless you want the phrase::
" your search terms site:discussions.apple.com "
This will confine the results to ASC. Then you can use the refinements Google provides on the left to restrict by time - 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year - then sort by relevance or date.
Lightning fast. Will pick up stuff posted <30 minutes old.
Additionally, try FF add-on "FastestFox" - many search enhancements especially for Google & Wikipedia
CCC
ChitlinsCC wrote:
My method for getting the URL for MyReplies using super search (pretty sure that one would need a "secret keyword" to achieve YourReplies)
CCC
Re: makes a good initial search term, every reply has it. 😉
tt2
tt2
Yep it's My Secret Keyword - you could use tt2
CCC
I agree. The search is completely unresponsive, only get a spinning wheel, no matter what search topic, browser, or isp used. Odd that a google search is more effective for finding results on this site than using the site's own search. Disconcerting for more novice users that are having a technical issue, then discover that the support site does not work either. Please fix
cbagwell wrote:
Odd that a google search is more effective for finding results on this site than using the site's own search.
Not really odd at all. Google is one of the largest & most profitable companies in the world. Its profits are dependent on developing ever more sophisticated search algorithms that run on its formidable & expanding network of massive data centers around the world. ASC runs on site management software developed by Jive Software, whose total operating budget probably is no more than a rounding error of Google's profits, much less its development budget.
EDIT: I got curious enough about this to quickly scan the two companies' 10-K filings. Jive's reported R&D expenditures for 2013 were about $55 million, impressive until I looked at the corresponding number for Google, which was about $1700 million!
R C-R wrote:
cbagwell wrote:
Odd that a google search is more effective for finding results on this site than using the site's own search.
Not really odd at all. Google is one of the largest & most profitable companies in the world. Its profits are dependent on developing ever more sophisticated search algorithms that run on its formidable & expanding network of massive data centers around the world. ASC runs on site management software developed by Jive Software, whose total operating budget probably is no more than a rounding error of Google's profits, much less its development budget.
EDIT: I got curious enough about this to quickly scan the two companies' 10-K filings. Jive's reported R&D expenditures for 2013 were about $55 million, impressive until I looked at the corresponding number for Google, which was about $1700 million!
R C -R
[snicker]
.I got curious too. Looked at pricing for Enterprise Business In-Website Search BOX - 500k searches / year = $2000. 1Million+ = call for pricing 👿
Needless to say, WE are a free service TO A P P L E. Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free.
Easy to automate a google site search with a bookmark - or if you type real fast... 😎
CCC
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