-Oscilloscopes/Generators
-SA/RF (Also RF Meters?)
-Power Supply/DC Load (Also Meters?)
-Multimeters
-Vintage equipment (why not?)
I would not suggest separate category for vintage gear because a.) it would eventually fit in to any of the categories anyway b.) there is no clear mark from what point something counts as vintage.
Maybe something like
-Oscilloscopes/Generators
-SA/RF (Also RF Meters?)
-Power Supply/DC Load (Also Meters?)
-Multimeters
-Vintage equipment (why not?)
I think, prioritize at improving the forum's search capabilities is much more important, than splitting the forum into finer sub-sections.
Besides, still numbers of people, even regulars, love to post "randomly" at different section, see how General Area section filled by threads on technical matters like multi-meter, oscilloscope etc that already have their own section.
My 2 cents.
I think, prioritize at improving the forum's search capabilities is much more important, than splitting the forum into finer sub-sections.
Agree 100% with BravoV ! I would love a better search. Most times google is better in searching things inside the forum.
Er well, there are 5 DMM sticky threads that could then go into their own child board. :P
Otherwise leave things be.
Personally I think the best option is to enhance the search function. It would seem to me that would bring benefits to every user regardless of their interests so its a win situation all round. Often you get replys from other members because they can see your post while reading others, that might not happen if you sub divide it and that would be a sad thing if that happened.Just use Google and specify that it should only look at this forum. There's no way a third party search function can compete. Doing a good search is hard.
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Personally I think the best option is to enhance the search function. It would seem to me that would bring benefits to every user regardless of their interests so its a win situation all round.
Have a look at the CNCZone forum (https://www.cnczone.com/forums/) for a good (bad) example of how it can go.
I think, prioritize at improving the forum's search capabilities is much more important, than splitting the forum into finer sub-sections.I agree and often use Google search slash EEVblog to find stuff but people and in particular newbies need to be reminded to do a proper search of the forum before creating new threads otherwise we end up with numerous threads with the same content and conversation.
Er well, there are 5 DMM sticky threads that could then go into their own child board. :PDefinitely Dave's call on this subject, perhaps we could have a dedicated EEVblog Products & Support board with individual sub-sections for each EEVblog product, all together in the one place.
I don't disagree with dividing the section up a bit more, but I haven't quite decided what would be a good way of doing it. Making categories for each type of device makes sense, but I worry many stagnant sections would be the result. There's also the risk of creating bubbles. I like being confronted with things I'm not familiar with yet.
This is the mod I used to use for search improvement https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1634 It may be out of date with the current version of SMF but it does look ok for 2.0.15.
Er well, there are 5 DMM sticky threads that could then go into their own child board. :P
Otherwise leave things be.
I only count 3.
Installed, try it!
I just tested the search feature again and it's still buggered, using "politicians" as the search word it returned thirteen pages with fifty results per page, the first two pages display as expected but the third page was blank, further searches do not show any results at all.Installed, try it!Much better! I can live with this.
This is the mod I used to use for search improvement https://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1634 It may be out of date with the current version of SMF but it does look ok for 2.0.15.
Installed, try it!
I have not many questions to ask or answers to give on the EEVBlog Forum, so i usually visit single categories and check the first page for new content to see if something interesting is in for me, so if there is not enough activity per category, i would stay away. If too many other users do that too, topics would not get answered.
I have not many questions to ask or answers to give on the EEVBlog Forum, so i usually visit single categories and check the first page for new content to see if something interesting is in for me, so if there is not enough activity per category, i would stay away. If too many other users do that too, topics would not get answered.I agree with that. Previous category splits have made me visit a smaller part of the forum. Potentially missing interesting stuff but out of sheer lazyness I'm not going through every category even though it may be of interest. IMHO a forum should be like a magazine you flip through so you also get to see the stuff you are normally not interested in but may be useful. Lead you away from your own beaten path.
Only a couple sub forums should suffice to de-clutter things.
Test equipment
--> News (new products and speculating)
--> Product (purchasing) advice (what chinese cro is less bad discussions are also driveling on in here)
--> Hacking/modding
--> Test equipment repair (is currently divided between "repair" and "test equipment" sections)
--> Tear-downs and general bragging
Hence, the more branches, the more places it might be and the more places it isn't.
Test Equipment would get its own top level category and then sub categories for different types of gear.
Oscilloscopes
Multimeters
Power Suppplies
etc
Test Equipment would get its own top level category and then sub categories for different types of gear.
Oscilloscopes
Multimeters
Power Suppplies
etc
Well I don't see anything wrong with the idea. Put the obvious major categories in. Are you going to get volunteers to sort out the old threads and move them to new categories or just let the new posts go where they are supposed to be?
I'd volunteer to help but it might take several months.
Re-arranging or minor splits may be needed, but look at this dilemma I have found on other technical forums like welding, bullet casting, or a physics group. For the well educated enthusiast or pro, they can be very happy with a narrowly defined area of interest.
Having well-defined content structure is good when it's professionally maintained. It's not so good in a public forum where most people are focused on what they're writing, not the forum's taxonomy.
I just noticed the Test Equipment section has over 300,000 posts, the one with more posts is general chat.
And given that I'm always promoting this as "the biggest T&M forum on the interwebs" (and it is), have just one big category for everything now seems kinda dumb.
Potentially more sub-forums -> more postings in the "wrong" place -> more work for moderators moving them.
Better split would be IMO between new and vintage instruments.I can only imagine the endless whining that would cause about what is and isn't vintage.
Not to mention why would you split 'vintage' gear off from the often inferior 'new' rubbish available :box: :-DDSo I don't have to look a Chinesium rubbish when looking for old equipment teardown/repair/updates? ;D
TEA thread could do with its own subforum :-DD
Not sure if this SMF capable of assigning "limited" power moderator ?
C'mon Dave, looking on how this forum grows, don't you think its time to add more hands ? Yourself, Simon and sometimes once in a while Gnif popped out to help, imo, is not enough.
But more like non destructive administrating works like moving newly created thread to more suitable section, just look how crowded General Area with technical subjects that supposed to be placed correctly, again, not sure if SMF supports this limited ability moderator. :-//
Or nominate and offer few well known trusted members, ask specifically they are not allowed to do any destructive/moderating works, only help tidying up the cluttered threads, especially once the forum is expanded into more sections as your plan.
TEA thread could do with its own subforum :-DD
Sub-TEA categories? :)
I was just looking at all the boards on the main forum page. Somebody mentioned having a vintage test equipment board which was kindof shot down.It's going to be controversial no matter what. As a matter of fact it already is controversial.
But ... on a test equipment forum we get a vintage computer board, on mainly a test equipment site. But we can't have a vintage test equipment board? Doesn't make any sense to me. :-//
*snip*
Underpants, *snip*
I'd like to see time- and frequency-domain instruments as separate categories. Or just give scopes a separate category. That would clean things up a lot.
TEA thread could do with its own subforum :-DD
Sub-TEA categories? :)
Underpants, aeroplanes, 3d printing, Italian meats, delivery company complaints subforums :-DD
But ... on a test equipment forum we get a vintage computer board, on mainly a test equipment site. But we can't have a vintage test equipment board? Doesn't make any sense to me. :-//
It does to me. Computers aren't a continuum, test gear is. A multimeter of any vintage would still be useful on my workbench, I couldn't use a vintage computer to do my job though.
PS: It's not a "test equipment forum" or "test equipment site". Only a small percentage of Dave's videos are about test gear.
It does to me. Computers aren't a continuum, test gear is. A multimeter of any vintage would still be useful on my workbench, I couldn't use a vintage computer to do my job though.
Well that's for each person to decide isn't it? :-// Not everyone is using these items for a "job"; for example, I'm retired so I may very well have all sorts of equipment that wouldn't be used in a job. Nowhere does it say we have to talk about electronics that is used in a job.
Where exactly would you draw the line for "vintage" test gear? That's a huge can of worms, methinks.
Anything not made in China :)
Category | Type |
Electronics | Engineering |
Products | Applications |
General | Discussion |
EEVblog | Discussion |
Forum | Type |
Beginners | Discussion |
Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff | Engineering |
Repair | Discussion |
Microcontrollers & FPGAs | Engineering |
RF, Microwave, Ham Radio | Discussion |
Metrology | Engineering |
Renewable Energy | Applications |
Open Source Hardware | Applications |
Manufacturing & Assembly | Engineering |
Crowd Funded Projects | Applications |
General PCB/EDA/CAD Discussions | Engineering |
Forum | Type |
Test Equipment | Engineering |
Thermal Imaging | Applications |
Other Equipment & Products | Discussion |
Vintage Computing | Discussion |
Forum | Type |
Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff | Engineering |
Test Equipment | Engineering |
Microcontrollers & FPGAs | Engineering |
Metrology | Engineering |
Manufacturing & Assembly | Engineering |
General PCB/EDA/CAD Discussions | Engineering |
Forum | Type |
Beginners | Discussion |
Repair | Discussion |
RF, Microwave, Ham Radio | Discussion |
Other Equipment & Products | Discussion |
Vintage Computing | Discussion |
Forum | Type |
Thermal Imaging | Applications |
Renewable Energy | Applications |
Open Source Hardware | Applications |
Crowd Funded Projects | Applications |
Look at it as each forum topic has a type, as in datatype. I'm limiting the number of types to some arbitrary and capricious set consisting of "Applications", "Discussion", and "Engineering".
From there, we have the top 4 main categories:
Category Type Electronics Engineering Products Applications General Discussion EEVblog Discussion
So right from the beginning there is a partial type mismatch in the main topics. Now let's look at the Electronics and Products categories in more detail:
Electronics
Forum Type Beginners Discussion Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff Engineering Repair Discussion Microcontrollers & FPGAs Engineering RF, Microwave, Ham Radio Discussion Metrology Engineering Renewable Energy Applications Open Source Hardware Applications Manufacturing & Assembly Engineering Crowd Funded Projects Applications General PCB/EDA/CAD Discussions Engineering
Products
Forum Type Test Equipment Engineering Thermal Imaging Applications Other Equipment & Products Discussion Vintage Computing Discussion
With that, would there be a better way to make the various forums and sub-forums the same type, such that categories were more identifiable? Clearly there are topics that can fall equally under Electronics->Repair and Products->Test Equipment.
One of the drivers for splitting a forum is whether there is too much volume in that forum that falls into distinct enough categories. The complement is if there are multiple forum areas that have equal relevance to a topic.
With this as guidance, one way to organize is consider an alternate structure such as:
Engineering
Forum Type Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff Engineering Test Equipment Engineering Microcontrollers & FPGAs Engineering Metrology Engineering Manufacturing & Assembly Engineering General PCB/EDA/CAD Discussions Engineering
Discussion
Forum Type Beginners Discussion Repair Discussion RF, Microwave, Ham Radio Discussion Other Equipment & Products Discussion Vintage Computing Discussion
Applications
Forum Type Thermal Imaging Applications Renewable Energy Applications Open Source Hardware Applications Crowd Funded Projects Applications
Now figure out which sub-forums within each category can be split or combined to be unique enough to be the clear option when the case gets to be ambiguous.
It's kinda looking like the No's still have it on this subject...
Engineering
Forum Type Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff Engineering Test Equipment Engineering Microcontrollers & FPGAs Engineering Metrology Engineering Manufacturing & Assembly Engineering General PCB/EDA/CAD Discussions Engineering
Discussion
Forum Type Beginners Discussion Repair Discussion RF, Microwave, Ham Radio Discussion Other Equipment & Products Discussion Vintage Computing Discussion
Personally I think that is right. It doesn't preclude splitting individual topics out in the future, with metrology being a good example.
66 members out of 50,000 voted No?
Meaningless.
The voting in the poll is a very good representation of how people deal with the threads/forum. As such, the 66 members are as representative as any other number regarding the people that have opened this thread.
Personally I think that is right. It doesn't preclude splitting individual topics out in the future, with metrology being a good example.
Can I be allowed to point out something please? I don't think it's "right" based on what you see there at all. :(
Sigh. I think a "no" decision is the right decision, for the reason I gave.
I have zero interest in the merits or otherwise of various voting mechanisms. Decisions are made by those that turn up.
No, they're only the ones who care enough to voice an opinion. Obviously, the way most people deal with this forum is to use what's there and adjust to changes quietly.
see that most of the tiny percentage of people who voted either want change or don't care. The rest... don't care at all. :popcorn:
The voting in the poll is a very good representation of how people deal with the threads/forum. As such, the 66 members are as representative as any other number regarding the people that have opened this thread.
No, they're only the ones who care enough to voice an opinion. Obviously, the way most people deal with this forum is to use what's there and adjust to changes quietly.
Greg,
The majority of the people that voted so far, don't want change.
Voting "Yes" (under two conditions) and "don't care" all told - 85
So no, the majority voting are OK with change.
Voting "Yes" (under two conditions) and "don't care" all told - 85
So no, the majority voting are OK with change.
:palm:
Why isn't 69 + 21 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Perhaps more importantly, it may not be simply a yes/no decision. There have been some interesting alternative solutions mentioned thus far.
It's kinda looking like the No's still have it on this subject...Personally I think that is right. It doesn't preclude splitting individual topics out in the future, with metrology being a good example.
It's kinda looking like the No's still have it on this subject...Personally I think that is right. It doesn't preclude splitting individual topics out in the future, with metrology being a good example.
Yes, Metrology, RF and vintage computers etc were obvious ones to split out as they had essentially formed their own little enthusiast communities
and were actually actively asking for their own section.
I don't really see the same with various different types of test gear. i.e. there are very few that just want to talk about scopes and no other test gear.
As I said in my OP, it's not because many people have been asking for it, it's more for outside appearances. e.g people hear about the EEVblog forum being THE place for test gear, and you come in and there is only one area for all test gear.
Yes, Metrology, RF and vintage computers etc were obvious ones to split out as they had essentially formed their own little enthusiast communities
The infamous TEA thread is effectively that. Maybe split that out into a new subforum containing only that thread ;)Quoteand were actually actively asking for their own section.
QuoteI don't really see the same with various different types of test gear. i.e. there are very few that just want to talk about scopes and no other test gear.
Yes, that's my view as well.
Key points are
- not to impede browsing, i.e. the Show unread posts since last visit, Show new replies to your posts)
- not to impede search by on-site and external search engines; while possible, I find it a bit of a pain to do keyword searches for messages I've made)
- not to foul up bookmaks, i.e. to specific posts in threads with >1000 replies
QuoteAs I said in my OP, it's not because many people have been asking for it, it's more for outside appearances. e.g people hear about the EEVblog forum being THE place for test gear, and you come in and there is only one area for all test gear.
Interesting viewpoint.
Is there some easy way the "landing page" could ease the intro with something like "known not only as the place for test gear, but also much more".
Yes, Metrology, RF and vintage computers etc were obvious ones to split out as they had essentially formed their own little enthusiast communities
The infamous TEA thread is effectively that. Maybe split that out into a new subforum containing only that thread ;)Quoteand were actually actively asking for their own section.
Yes, TEA. Ever since it started making the top-10 lists, I've been contemplating its future and brought it up amongst the members a couple of times within the thread. There are certainly pros and cons to making it a sub-forum of Test Equipment or its own forum. However, the benefit of being able to have threads for different topics would certainly be welcome. It may be better to exist as a sub-forum of TE rather than a separate forum since it's TE-oriented.
It would be nice to have tags for threads.That is a nice way to qualify content, give it more context and such - other than the subforum/category it is in. Helps with search too and are a good way to prepare or replace forum splits. So you could slowly introduce tags, at some point in time retag old threads and at some point in time move them all at once - or not move them. It has many benefits, as long as the tagging is applied, the amount of work stays the same to move to a different category, but in the case of tags the energy put in is conserved.
A related, but somewhat different, approach can be seen in the VoIP forum (https://www.dslreports.com/forum/voip) on DSLReports. There, all VoIP discussions are in one forum. However, a thread can have a "Group" assigned to it.I know group tags from a different forum, they even lead to not index them in the search, so their content does not end up in the search results. This might sound harsh, but either content is important enough for a "question -> answer(s)" form and deserves its own thread/blog/faq/wiki article or it is "discuss!" kind of content. Under the assumption that people search for answers, the discussion might not be that valuable - forum internal search that is, google still finds it all, listing posts of users still works.
Using real tags would have the additional benefit of being able to classify a thread with more than one.It gives it additional context, allows filtering the view - in case you are a viewer and just want to look which topics there are or are overwhelmed by the variety. The worst thing that can happen is missing tags or wrong tags, but that is the same risk as with topic titles anyway.
What about labels/tags instead of separate subforums? Does the forum have the ability to support these?
Yes, Metrology, RF and vintage computers etc were obvious ones to split out as they had essentially formed their own little enthusiast communities
The infamous TEA thread is effectively that. Maybe split that out into a new subforum containing only that thread ;)Quoteand were actually actively asking for their own section.
Yes, TEA. Ever since it started making the top-10 lists, I've been contemplating its future and brought it up amongst the members a couple of times within the thread. There are certainly pros and cons to making it a sub-forum of Test Equipment or its own forum. However, the benefit of being able to have threads for different topics would certainly be welcome. It may be better to exist as a sub-forum of TE rather than a separate forum since it's TE-oriented.
I've wondered that (as you can see above), but it is a self-contained ghetto of people chatting amongst themselves on thing that are usually related to electronics.
I haven't seen a decent reason, so I'm skeptical that splitting it out would benefit the wider EEVBlog Forum.
Yes, Metrology, RF and vintage computers etc were obvious ones to split out as they had essentially formed their own little enthusiast communities
The infamous TEA thread is effectively that. Maybe split that out into a new subforum containing only that thread ;)Quoteand were actually actively asking for their own section.
Yes, TEA. Ever since it started making the top-10 lists, I've been contemplating its future and brought it up amongst the members a couple of times within the thread. There are certainly pros and cons to making it a sub-forum of Test Equipment or its own forum. However, the benefit of being able to have threads for different topics would certainly be welcome. It may be better to exist as a sub-forum of TE rather than a separate forum since it's TE-oriented.
I've wondered that (as you can see above), but it is a self-contained ghetto of people chatting amongst themselves on thing that are usually related to electronics.
I haven't seen a decent reason, so I'm skeptical that splitting it out would benefit the wider EEVBlog Forum.
You can't really convert a thread into a forum section, they are different things.
Sure we could have a TEA forum section, and then does it have the one thread again?, or does it have multiple theads?
If it has multiple threads, how is it any different to the general test equipment discussion section already?
Sure we could have a TEA forum section, and then does it have the one thread again?, or does it have multiple theads?
If it has multiple threads, how is it any different to the general test equipment discussion section already?
Sure we could have a TEA forum section, and then does it have the one thread again?, or does it have multiple theads?
If it has multiple threads, how is it any different to the general test equipment discussion section already?
Exactly. Questions such as these are why I haven't mentioned it to you previously. It's a community within the forum, but still mostly about TE with some General Chat mixed in. So, we just continued with the mega-thread.
If there is more clarity one day, I'll officially bring it up. :-+
I think it should be pointed out that the TEA thread is not a closed community. We encourage new folks to join the discussion. Yes, we talk test equipment from A to Z and at times venture off subject but we always discipline ourselves. What I like about it is that the regular contributors get to know a little about each other beyond the screen name. And as a group we are truly spread across the map. But as others have mentioned it's almost like meeting in a pub and talking our common hobby and having fun doing it. And yes, at times it leads to busting each other's chops and good natured ribbing. But that's what keeps me coming back everyday and checking in. :-+
I think it should be pointed out that the TEA thread is not a closed community. We encourage new folks to join the discussion. Yes, we talk test equipment from A to Z and at times venture off subject but we always discipline ourselves. What I like about it is that the regular contributors get to know a little about each other beyond the screen name. And as a group we are truly spread across the map. But as others have mentioned it's almost like meeting in a pub and talking our common hobby and having fun doing it. And yes, at times it leads to busting each other's chops and good natured ribbing. But that's what keeps me coming back everyday and checking in. :-+
I've rarely ventured into that thread, and wasn't really aware of how big it had gotten, or that it seems to have become a sort of chat room?
I think it should be pointed out that the TEA thread is not a closed community. We encourage new folks to join the discussion. Yes, we talk test equipment from A to Z and at times venture off subject but we always discipline ourselves. What I like about it is that the regular contributors get to know a little about each other beyond the screen name. And as a group we are truly spread across the map. But as others have mentioned it's almost like meeting in a pub and talking our common hobby and having fun doing it. And yes, at times it leads to busting each other's chops and good natured ribbing. But that's what keeps me coming back everyday and checking in. :-+
I've rarely ventured into that thread, and wasn't really aware of how big it had gotten, or that it seems to have become a sort of chat room?
I think it should be pointed out that the TEA thread is not a closed community. We encourage new folks to join the discussion. Yes, we talk test equipment from A to Z and at times venture off subject but we always discipline ourselves. What I like about it is that the regular contributors get to know a little about each other beyond the screen name. And as a group we are truly spread across the map. But as others have mentioned it's almost like meeting in a pub and talking our common hobby and having fun doing it. And yes, at times it leads to busting each other's chops and good natured ribbing. But that's what keeps me coming back everyday and checking in. :-+
I've rarely ventured into that thread, and wasn't really aware of how big it had gotten, or that it seems to have become a sort of chat room?
I think it should be pointed out that the TEA thread is not a closed community. We encourage new folks to join the discussion. Yes, we talk test equipment from A to Z and at times venture off subject but we always discipline ourselves. What I like about it is that the regular contributors get to know a little about each other beyond the screen name. And as a group we are truly spread across the map. But as others have mentioned it's almost like meeting in a pub and talking our common hobby and having fun doing it. And yes, at times it leads to busting each other's chops and good natured ribbing. But that's what keeps me coming back everyday and checking in. :-+
I've rarely ventured into that thread, and wasn't really aware of how big it had gotten, or that it seems to have become a sort of chat room?
I'd say it keeps us regular posters off the streets and out of trouble :-DD
I think it's mostly a celebration of the joy of getting hold of something none of us could afford when it was new for virtually nothing because it's old, broken or mangled and making it good again, with some diversions occasionally usually whining about the broken thing we've bought being broken some more by the carrier. All with photos of the gubbins.
Oh and some bizarre stuff occasionally.
wch, the main issue that spawned this thread is the case where a visitor, who hears that EEVblog has the Internet's largest test equipment forum, arrives for the first time and sees that the TE section is just one forum of so many other electronics and other subforums. Granted, TE has 300K+ posts, which is huge. But one must look at that detail to notice.
The concept that was proposed inquired whether it would look better, work better, or otherwise be better if the TE forum was separated into sections by instrument type. Subsequent posts elaborated on pros, cons, alternatives, etc.
I've rarely ventured into that thread, and wasn't really aware of how big it had gotten, or that it seems to have become a sort of chat room?I know forums with these large threads as well, as long as there is no definite answer they simply grow.
Dave, TEA is more that just a chat room. It's a test equipment enthusiast community for EEVblog members who enjoy all aspects of TE including acquiring, collecting, restoring, modding, re-homing, chatting about, and of course, using them. Oh, andinfecting others withinviting others to TEA. >:D
Test Equipment has about 340 pages. And due to the massive amount of posts per day, one would need to search a few pages each day to see discussions about devices one is interested in. Why bother to scan through 1 million scopes-posts, when youre only interested in high quality bench DMMs, vintage stuff or interesting specialized stuff from the 70ies. In the end i mostly dont bother to visit TM-Section because of its fast pace and the necessary combing to get interesting stuff and thats sad because theres gold buried somewhere in between.
Quite right and as Dave told me in a reply, Google is your friend as it searches through our forum and finds key words, so the best way of locating anything within our forum is to use Google and restrict Google to just look at our forum (quite how to do that, I'm not sure, but there must be a way hence Daves reply).Test Equipment has about 340 pages. And due to the massive amount of posts per day, one would need to search a few pages each day to see discussions about devices one is interested in. Why bother to scan through 1 million scopes-posts, when youre only interested in high quality bench DMMs, vintage stuff or interesting specialized stuff from the 70ies. In the end i mostly dont bother to visit TM-Section because of its fast pace and the necessary combing to get interesting stuff and thats sad because theres gold buried somewhere in between.
Unlike when I was young, the key skill nowadays is quickly determining what to ignore.
Splitting into curated categories was the USP of Yahoo! when it started.
Searching uncurated content was the USP of Google when it started.
There are good reasons why the Yahoo! concept failed and the Google concept succeeded, and they are valid in this case too.
Consider: having many categories can only help you define where stuff isn't: most interesting stuff could be equally well be placed into many categories. Example: if you have a problem with a graphing 6.5digit DVM, which single category would you put it in? Repair, metrology, DMM, etc.
the best way of locating anything within our forum is to use Google and restrict Google to just look at our forum (quite how to do that, I'm not sure, but there must be a way hence Daves reply).
the best way of locating anything within our forum is to use Google and restrict Google to just look at our forum (quite how to do that, I'm not sure, but there must be a way hence Daves reply).
Just add "site:eevblog.com" to the query.
(without quotes, obviously)
If the best way is to use Google then why were all the extra computing boards just added? I'm still confused ... :palm:Maybe I misunderstood what Dave actually meant then because I suggested that we just needed a better search facility, and he replied the best way is to use Google and tell it to just search the forum :-// :-//
If the best way is to use Google then why were all the extra computing boards just added? I'm still confused ... :palm:
I don't know. When were all those added? Recently? I usually start from the "new replies" page, so I rarely look at the forum home page.
I concur that for "the largest test equipment forum on the internet," the forum home page doesn't represent it well.
Oops I hadn't noticed that, good tip, thanks bean.the best way of locating anything within our forum is to use Google and restrict Google to just look at our forum (quite how to do that, I'm not sure, but there must be a way hence Daves reply).
Just add "site:eevblog.com" to the query.
(without quotes, obviously)
Just be lazy and have the new search box in the top right type that for you ;)