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- Chrisir May 2018
- KevinWorkman May 2018
- kfrajer May 2018
- nemecsek69 May 2018
Processing Forum's Search format
I am an old Processing user, and came back after some time to play with P5.js.
I remember how disappointed I was after the forum moved to the new format because searches were no more as easy as before. I cannot find any setting to present answers in a usable form and this brings me some frustration when trying to sort things out. It becomes a lot faster to ask instead of search!
After a search, the result page is chaotic: 1) all answers are shown full size, instead of the first lines only; 2) they are not shown in a tree form, so the messages from the same thread are shown multiple times, mixing the question with the answers (I would show the answers only upon clicking on the question that looks related to my needs) 3) It is not immediately visible where each post is ending, so you need to scroll the page a lot to find the next one.
I assume I am missing something here, because it looks strange that everybody else is happily working with this format :-(
The ideal format is yet Stackoverflow's: https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=svg Clean, concise, it is immediately clear the question/answers structure, how many answers if any, and when the question has been asked.
A side question: is there a reason why the forum is not onto a StackExchange's site https://stackexchange.com/sites?
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I always use google:
ArrayList site:processing.org
https://www.google.de/search?q=arraylist+site:http://forum.processing.org/two
Searching has been really challenging here. Google is your friend for this. Not sure if you are aware, but the forum will be moving to discourse at some point, [probly] this year: https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/27685/currently-no-registration-new-forum-soon#latest
***EDITED: Typo
Kf
Discourse :p
Discourse ;-)
https://www.google.de/search?q=arraylist+site:http://forum.processing.org/two
Thank you, guys. I am fond of stackoverflow because I use multiple languages and I like the idea that there is a common place where to find answers. Stackoverflow is THE choice. Searching through Google to access our forum is the only real option now. Stackoverflow has its problems, of course. It is a pity that beginners sometimes feel intimidated by the downvotes of (few) arrogant experts. But that's life..