I have been trying to search the forums, specifically within the Inform 6 and 7 Development topic. Unfortunately, the search function gives me this:
I understand the need to filter out words that are very common, but should the search really ignore words like “description” or “room” or “things” in a forum about interactive fiction?
BTW, it doesn’t matter what settings I use. Even limiting my search to “description room things” I get no results because every word in the search is ignored.
I think the issue is precisely that it is a forum for interactive fiction–the words “description,” “room,” and “things” are particularly common in posts here, so the forum search ignores them.
(There’s been some talk of changing the forum software, which would lead to a different built-in search function, but I don’t know how much it would help with this issue.)
Also if there’s a specific question you have, you can always post it! It’s not a big problem if you ask a question that someone asked before, if it’s not easy to find the old thread. (Or even if it is.)