Give the newbs a break?

[Wilbur]

We could. But it would involve getting medieval on the php pages :-S

Any php devs kicking around?

[Drizzit]

too bad it wasn't asp . i know that they are somewhat similar, but haven't played with it

[Awbee]

Google Custom Search

http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

[Caspian]

As a fairly new member here I would certainly agree that the search is lacking. Initial searches I made came up with squat. I think I got blasted once (with a link at least) and started trying to get more creative with the search. The Wiki is great for something and not for others and is still a work in progress. As a new person you don't always know *what* to search for either. The terms you might think to search for aren't necessarily the correct terms.

There are certainly people that don't even try though, some noobs are noobs.

Some people here can get pretty aggressive about blasting the noobs but it really isn't necessarily always the noob's fault.

[Awbee]

Try this

[Otlecs]

It really does depend. If I enter the obvious search string into the search engine (take "grind" and "quest", for example to find old discussions about this age-old question) and tons of hits come up, they're just another lazy newcomer who wants to be spoon-fed everything.

If nothing comes up - the PiP thing is a recent one I responded to, because the poster wasn't even sure what the feature was called, fair enough.

I obviously have a template of links that I post when appropriate, but I never do so without actually doing the search first.

The fact is, though, that some people are truly, astoundingly, astonishingly lazy.

[Drizzit]

The fact is, though, that some people are truly, astoundingly, astonishingly lazy.

My personal favorite is when I post the link to what they're looking for (ie the wiki section), and they still get pissy with me.

Uhh, what?

they get mad at you because they have to do work. You know clinking that link takes a lot of mental ability

[wetstreet]

Screw the noobs! *checks post count* 8| Wait... um...

[Drizzit]

total noob

[Memn]

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