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  • Searching from it isn't entirely obvious, we have search field in upper right part of page and itīs quite different on different pages. IMO from all search pages the hands down best currently to me is power search (powered by google) with itīs filtering tabs for different areas. Search should be consistent on layout across whole maemo.org/TMO. It should also give option to search from different areas after search is done. e.g. wiki search does this and power search but then again layout differs and thatīs not good.
This!
I think simply removing the old search box and replacing it with the Power Search would probably reduce repeat posts by 50%. I think I read somewhere on here that the plan was to implement this, but nothing has been done.

The Power Search link doesn't look like a search box and it requires another page to load up before you can start searching. Half the time I forget it's there and use the standard search before remembering to use the Power Search. When you then consider that for many members English is not the first language it's no wonder that the feature is not noticed.

One other improvement would be to have the Wiki given its own tab at the top of the page. Why have it hidden away in the Community section like a ginger step-child? (No offense to any red heads out there!) Advertise it at the top of each page on the site and watch it flourish.