well, i'm the moderator who moved the thread, but i really do not know why the Advanced Search has been disabled, and the basic search defaults to a google search
i do know that several users have switched to simply searching this site via google directly (as it gives greater control over repetitive search term refinement), using
site:dbforums.com as one of the search terms
the reason i moved this thread to Suggestions and Feedback is because this forum is far more likely to be viewed by someone at iNET (who own this site, and who modified the search function)
according to SoftWareReview, the only person i know who does have contact with iNET, they are still working on the issue (although it has been over three months, so you gotta wonder how high up on their priority list it is) --
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