My understanding is.... that adding the "search all" option slows down the server - therefore slowing down the site operation for EVERYONE - not just people on dial up.

So - one lazy user trying to shave off a few minutes on their search time will - in effect - slow down EVERYONE else - just cause one user was too lazy to search the forums individually. Not efficient in the big picture.

In case you haven't noticed - this board runs significantly faster than anything else out there. There are no avatars, no signature banners, no useless fluff here to slow down the operation.

If you want to re-write the code of the software to place the forums in alphabetical order - please volunteer the hours it would take to code - debug and install. I'm sure the admin would be more than happy to accept your help.

Tip - if you go to the most logical forum that your question might be in - then hit search - the search engine will automatically be set to that forum.

Tip #2 - Help everyone out by starting topics in the most logical forum in the first place - then the mods won't have to shuffle threads around.