Wordie: Search

Like Flickr, but without the photos.

(n): any specific behavior

(n): an investigation seeking answers

(n): the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

(n): an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

(n): (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

(n): the examination of alternative hypotheses

(n): cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use

(n): boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

(n): the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

(v): try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

(v): search or seek

(v): observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

(v): inquire into

(v): investigate scientifically

(v): subject to a search

(v): observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

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8 months ago mollusque said:

Hi John: I love the new search options! A couple of side-effects to consider:

Time stamps such as "about 1 month ago" in the results of a search make it difficult to locate the comment when you click on the link. It takes you to the page, but not to the comment. Is it possible to have anchors at each comment, or to give more precise date and time information?

The results of a comment search have oldest on top instead of at bottom as in other comment views. Also, they don't show which word received the comment. If the latter can be fixed, perhaps the same fix can be made to the page resulting from clicking on the "Comments and Citations" link on an individual's page.

8 months ago palooka said:

Great additions John!

8 months ago reesetee said:

Yippee! Thanks!

8 months ago John said:

Just added a Google-powered search option, which searches all of Wordie. The same page also has search boxes for lists and comments.

8 months ago John said:

Search list names and descriptions on the lists page.

Search comments on the comments page.

Search words from any page.

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