On Feb 7, 1:30 am, Ben M. Schorr - MVP <b...@bogusaddress.mvp> wrote:
> 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-
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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.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Ben,
Please volunteer the last time you searched your ENTIRE computer (and
all the contents that WDS indexes) for something. Why did you do it ?