wrong results?

[horst39]

I tested your FARR but got very strange results.
For instance when I type "Ransack" I get 3 results clearly related to the search item.
But the 4th result is "Ruler with angles, color capture pickpick_inst.exe" !
The 5th result is OK but the 6th is "I:\_Download\Image Stacker (enhance dark images) SW  (ROTTO) imgstack.zip"
7th to 11th are OK again and the I get a whole bunch of results with absolutely no "Ransack" in the file name.
Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong?
Horst39

[mouser]

try disabling this and see if it solves it:

[TucknDar]

But the 4th result is "Ruler with angles, color capture pickpick_inst.exe" !
The 5th result is OK but the 6th is "I:\_Download\Image Stacker (enhance dark images) SW  (ROTTO) imgstack.zip"

-horst39 (January 18, 2009, 06:21 AM)

mouser beat me to it, but with that option checked, FARR results are correct. Just see the letters in bold below:
"Ruler with angles, color capture pickpick_inst.exe"
"I:\_Download\Image Stacker (enhance dark images) SW  (ROTTO) imgstack.zip"

[horst39]

Thanks a lot! It worked.
Actually I didn't understand what was intended with "Non-contiguous pattern matching". I believe it was switched on by default and so I didn't change it.
But I really cannot imagine somebody using this "feature" !
Thank you very much for your hint!

[TucknDar]

Well, I use this feature Takes a little getting used to, but can be very useful, and also speeds up finding and launching files if used correctly (less typing).

[d4ni]

Are you kidding? It is a nice feature. I hardly ever type characters in the actual sequence. For example I usually type 'wamp' to launch Winamp, 'tbird' for Thunderbird etc.

This usually gives me the result I want faster, as with the Winamp example, starting with 'win' would list all the various items with 'windows' in their name as well

[horst39]

Not bad! I haven't thought of it!
I immediately typed Wamp and got:
Web Photo Album, Where are my Autocad template files, WAMP (Apache), i-Sound WMA MP3 Recorder and finally Winamp plus another 20 various links!
Typing Tbird I got:
TV recorder GBPVR documentation Wiki, Extreme Thumbnail Generator, Realtek Gigabit and Fast NIC Driver, Video editor Virtual Dub and finally Thunderbird and another 20 additional unrelated links!
May be I would save 1 second typing the (nearly) full name but then I loose several second searching for the correct answer!
 
May be it would give better results by giving a higher score to the "closiness" and the "sequentiality" of the letters. i.e. Thundirbird should have a higher ranking than TV recorder GBPVR documentation Wiki or even Bird watching

[d4ni]

Heh well, you certainly search a damn lot of files then. When typing 'wamp' I get exactly 1 result which is Winamp. With 'tbird' I get Thunderbird and the 'Program Compatibilty Wizard', which I removed after inspecting it and judged I did not ever need that.

[lanux128]

just an idea, it'd be nice if one can toggle this feature on the fly, especially when searching with aliases or plugins.

[mouser]

May be it would give better results by giving a higher score to the "closiness" and the "sequentiality" of the letters. i.e. Thundirbird should have a higher ranking than TV recorder GBPVR documentation Wiki or even Bird watching

it does.