one suggestion to make this forum better

[nehalita]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

You always see "search before you post!"

What if a new member has no idea what to search for?

I think the forum police need to step down from their pedestals, and try to teach the new members how to use the forum, not just bash them for not searching before they post.

totally agree. i just joined today and it took me atleast 2 hrs to just get acquainted with it. 1/2 the time all i saw was "SEARCH BEFORE YOU ASK" but it took me a while to find the different categories, etc. and what a bunch of the buttons meant. i'm sure tehre are a bunch of options on here that even the pros aren't aware of. it'd be nice to have a tutorial or just a quick ppt briefly explaining each feature.