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Please stop saying use the search! |
Budgie
Joined: Jan 14, 2004
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Im sure im not on my own with this one.when your on WAP,you cant use the search,so its very frustrating to see use a search if you need some info.i call all you fellow wappers to reply,use the copy and paste to any tedious posts like this!thanks!;-)
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judge
Joined: May 21, 2003
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You're quite right - some Esato members do indeed use that phrase a lot without any consideration for the WAP users. It must be the beautifully designed, animated, 'use the search' smiley that draws and compells them to do this. That's why I switched to a new phrase: 'use the manual' and I demand a new smiley! :lol:
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701
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
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@judge: :lol: the normal users might use :search: from time to time but no1 will read the manual haha Thank God I find it nice,informing and entertaining!
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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I tend only to read the manual if I can download it in PDF format, which you can for all  phones for example, because that way it is much easier to find what you are looking for using the pdf reader search facility
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kev.morris
Joined: Jul 02, 2003
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From: Derbyshire, England
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i agree for wap users, the beutifully animated use the search icon, did not animate on my t610 so all i ever saw was \"use\"
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judge
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Yeap, that really comes in handy. However, when I study I find it more comfortable using printed material - it may be due the fact that my country only entered the computer age after the 1989 revolution and the subsequent fall of communism. Going back to the manual - I think that maybe half of the issues raised on Esato could be easily solved by ACTUALLY reading the manual. Makes you think, doesn't it...
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Budgie
Joined: Jan 14, 2004
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Ok now this is gonna sound stupid,and please consider what this thread is called,but what is the manuel?
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judge
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Manual = user guide
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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It is a beautiful little booklet that comes in the box with your phone, if your lucky like me it is in your own language and it contains the most marvellous information on what your phone can do. I can recommend a reading to all phone users.
I am one of those rare ppl that do read the manual 
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judge
Joined: May 21, 2003
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I'd rather have the manual in English - I sometimes find the translation to be of a questionable quality. And I agree with Vlam - I'm quite bored with the recent Esato wave of 'tips' that are in fact nothing more than common knowledge once you've read the manual.
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Budgie
Joined: Jan 14, 2004
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Ah!sorry,just me being naive! Anyway its not get anything useful in,i already know how the dictionary works and how to plug my charger in.;-)
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Vlammetje
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i do use it to set up my voice commands and such. I find it goes much faster than opening a thread 'how to set up voice commands' and wait for 10 different replies to then sort out the right one
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Skrue
Joined: Dec 15, 2002
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Use the search...
Use the search...
hehehe...just kidding guys
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bulti48
Joined: Nov 13, 2003
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Using the search is all very well but when you get about a million results trying to find the right one is a nightmare!
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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...then I would say "learn to use the search" because, as others here will confirm, I can certainly find virtually anything I am looking for... moreso with the latest version of the search.
but this thread is more about people being told to use the search who are on wap and I don't know what laffens ideas are but I think it would be quite hard to implement a workable and usable search on wap.
btw, being on WAP does not absolve people from the need to choose wisely whether a question is worth asking on WAP when it could wait until you are online on a pc again (assuming you have that capability at all), especially if its very likely that the question has been covered recently or has been covered many times, unless an urgent answer is required of course.
edit: well I will eat my words  there does appear to be a search there in WAP now
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Posted: 2004-01-19 11:15
