Aloha EMRhelp.org,

Well, o.k. I guess I rarely have that problem but maybe I'm just using more
precise search terms? If I get too many hits it's not because of searches
that blur my personal and professional lives but rather because I get hits
out of IM archives, e-mail, documents, and other things and limiting the
TYPE of file, rather than the domain of that file, presents a result set
that is useful and managable.

I suppose I can see the value in being able to define subsets -- it order
to segregate them, however, you'd almost always have to do it by folder structure
(unless we created some sort of metadata to discern it). But with those
subsets defined it would follow that you'd be able to limit your search with
them.

Sounds like a good feature suggestion.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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> On Feb 4, 3:12 pm, Ben M. Schorr - MVP <b...@bogusaddress.mvp> wrote:
>
>> Aloha EMRhelp.org,
>>
>> I'd have to ask. Why would you want different indexes? That sort of
>> defeats
>> the purpose of having one universal search doesn't it?
>> -Ben-
> OMG NO!
> The number 1 problem with these ULTRA MEGA "entire computer" search
> things is you get too many hits. If you get too many hits it is
> useless.
> My life spans many entirely different domains.
>
> In Microsoft's mindset of computing you'd think they'd at least
> separate : Work Files, Personal Files, are you sure you want these
> to be "mushed up together in the same search ?". I sure don't.
>
> Of course if you had certain subsets of indexes you could always have
> a button to search "all indexes". So your need to search everything
> is still there.
>