Heyas! I've got a couple of ideas with regards to searching...
How about search functions for searching for topics with posts since a certain date, or within a range of. I know there's currently a "view posts since last visit" but sometimes I login quickly 'cuz I have a PM and "lose" the list of posts for the next login, and have to scour the forums one-by-one to see what I missed.
Also, when doing a search, perhaps jumping to the part of the page with the exact post in the thread that contains the keywords would be a nice feature. As it is at the moment, if I search for cargo+net I end up using my browers text search function to look for the words on each page of a topic, and often it isn't on the first page. Imagine if you wanted to find a specific word in the Ambient Temp Sensor thread?
Oh, since I've gotten started on this, and I've had a couple o' chilled brews (Mmmm), I might as well request an exaxt-phrase search function!
And non-search related; an option to receive one daily (or nightly) notification of new posts in the threads you've subscribed to? I like the 'instant' notifications when I'm at home to receive them, but found they can become easily ignored when they build-up while I'm at work.
If this doesn't make sense, check back after happy-hour! It will all suddenly become clear .... :exnbpup: