On Friday 27 April 2007 08:32, David Gerard wrote:
On 27/04/07, River Tarnell <river(a)attenuate.org>
wrote:
David Gerard:
ht://dig is an exercise in pain. Please, please
either:
(1) allow Google to index the mailing lists again
(2) add a search that isn't completely useless.
could you describe what's lacking in htdig so we have an idea of what
might be better?
Um, meaningful results at all, really. It's almost worse than useless.
Even if they were meaningful (I'm not sure it's worse than useless), it is
useless for those *searching the web* looking for an answer to their
question... One would have to search in google, then "oh, but there is also
mediawiki ht://dig, I'll search that one also!", and then "and maybe in this
other list...".
A local engine is useful for those who know beforehand that their answer is in
these archives. For the rest of us, it's one extra search engine we have to
remember and consult.
--
Luis Zarrabeitia (aka Kyrie)
Fac. de Matemática y Computación, UH.
http://profesores.matcom.uh.cu/~kyrie