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suggestion: (bulk) search by artist from my list

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dext14	Post #490902
Member 4:17 am, Aug 21 2011 Posts: 13	would it be possible to make like a bulk search by artist in the advanced search like : (new) show all manga drawn from author from my list and + Only show manga not on any of my lists it'd like save me so much time...instead of clicking once on the manga, twice for the artist...look at the list of manga drawn by artist x... then...click on next manga to see if theres any new manga drawn by favorite artist ...kinda lame...when you got a list of hundred of manga
Panda	Post #491460
Site Admin 12:15 am, Aug 24 2011 Posts: 162	Search is not going to be updated in the near future. Or the slightly less immediate future.
bikkou	Post #492234
Member 9:22 am, Aug 27 2011 Posts: 6	I don't mean to hijack the suggestion or anything, but since the admin already said that, I'll say this: My suggestion could cover this idea (http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=28337).
dext14	Post #494437
Member 1:50 am, Sep 6 2011 Posts: 13	awww XiongMao-kun, is it because search is too complicated to modify or like the website is not open for modification? soooo that i know if it is worth it to crash my brain finding a way to do it withouth involving search +bikkou, umm yea your idea is mostly the same but with more work for the user my idea= list of manga already got list of author in it vs making a list of author = your idea ...but, yea i wouldnt be againt a list of author since it could allow you to add or REMOVE some you dont really like that much, withouth affecting your read list... but yea...the search process is kind of different though manga from author that aint on my list vs new releashes from liked author unsure if new releashes actually take new chapter of old manga into account sooo yea im not sure which would be best as for rubydi idea from (http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=28337), ¨a watch list¨ would use same search process description as above i guess...it need a search process to actually work i think.... and like auriga idea from (http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=28337), ¨a custom list for all untranslated works I'm interested in¨ is a lot of work, i already do that and you cant do that when you want to be notified of title you dont already know...of like stuff that will be out in a month or two (the moment you set up your artist list) ....the basic idea of a watch list...you basically want to be informed of stuff that goes on with fav artist...you cant do that with the untranslated works list idea...
Panda	Post #494583
Site Admin 4:54 pm, Sep 6 2011 Posts: 162	We have one active coder. Except he isn't really active.
dext14	Post #494710
Member 4:06 am, Sep 7 2011 Posts: 13	oh umm...alright... yea code can be hard to understand sometimes....and harder to write =3 and the little tweak im asking for is kind of hard to make too =/ ohhh well... although...just for fun....what does the code from the advanced search engine look like? Last edited by dext14 at 4:21 am, Sep 7
Panda	Post #494964
Site Admin 6:37 am, Sep 8 2011 Posts: 162	No idea.