Originally posted by hookedonrc
dbcherry: I am relatively new, but don't consider myself a newbie. However, the question can also be asked in reverse. Why is it that when some newbie or anyone for that matter posts a question, that no one responds. It cuts both ways.
That's part of the reason why Marc (RCAdmin) recently made a "tweak" that causes the number of replies per thread to show up in red if there are no replies yet - that helps people easily notice that a question has not yet been answered, and then they can jump in.
As for the search option - yeah - that's definitely underused, even when you point its existence out. I recently noticed a thread (not in this forum) in which someone asked a question ... it was answered with "That's been covered several times here recently, so if you do a search for 'xyz' you will get plenty of info" ; the person who originally asked the question then responded a couple more times saying "What - no one will tell me the answer ?" - he wanted the answer posted right there in that thread so that he didn't have to bother himself with a search. Oh well - you can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Gordon