Silly me, I didn't register that I had seen this until the 3rd requeue. It was posted before but it didn't clear the queue.

If you're interested Oatmeal, I put together a tutorial on how to search for old posts:
http://www.videosift.com/talk/Streamlined-searching-A-howto-for-Firefox-users

edit: On second viewing I see why I forgot about it, I found the ending rather anti-climactic. Still worth a watch though.

This also works for Camino, but it's not quite as streamlined. Here are the instructions for doing something like this in general, but note that you will either need to be comfortable editing a raw xml file (not really that hard) or have Apple's PropertyListEditor application installed (it comes with the development tools but unfortunately is not available for separate download).

Basically, you would add an entry like this to your SearchURLList.plist file:

<key>VideoSift</key>
<string>http://www.videosift.com/search?q=%s&t=v&s%5B%5D=s&s%5B%5D=u&s%5B%5D=p&submit=Search</string>

With that entry, you can now select VideoSift from the magnifying glass menu in the search field in the toolbar, and the search terms you put in there correspond to the keyword field of the advanced search page.

I realize that's not the most complete explanation, so if any camino users out there need a hand with that, just let me know.

[edit] - removed unused search parameters from url because text was clipped instead of wrapped, hiding the very important '</string>'.
[edit2] - reverted but made small. that work? sure would be nice if I could tell while I'm editing the comment!
[edit3] - nope, small and removed unused params.

SOVIET UNION.

i am waiting for the day when you can download the Sift Rules in one handy 38.4MB pdf.

Fact remains, signal to noise ratio on here is getting worse. If you just made a streamlined site without all this pissing contest banination bollocks...

oh well. bring back tayTV.

yeah i was trying to be positive but joedirt might be right.

and the "streamlined" upvote/downvote buttons are harder to see and click. cluttered. i'm just sayin.

Great stuff!

Peregrines are amazing. I used to work on the 20th floor of a building in NYC near a bridge where a released pair nested and got to see them hunt (pigeons) and play in the air (they used to zoom around between buildings seemingly for nothing other than the fun of it). It was an incredible thrill to watch.

I read years ago that an aeronautical engineer skeptical of the 200+ MPH speeds attributed to Peregrines had tested a Peregrine cadaver in a wind tunnel and measured its terminal velocity at something like 75 MPH. He assumed that a live bird would be able to make itself somewhat more aerodynamic so his estimate of their actual speed was around 100 MPH. It looks like he grossly underestimated their ability to streamline.

Kind of clunky now, but they plan to streamline and have it ready by February.

Pretty fun; don't like that he doesn't go up in register.

I can imagine Cobain's voice singing a streamlined version of this song, with a more depressing chorus.

No, changing tags is not unreasonable, because in most cases the need to do so is just basic maintenance, i.e. some sifters are lazy and don't tag at all (shame shame) or hardly at all... and then other times tags just have mistakes, like spelling (ehem... I do believe the word is 'changing' not 'chaging').

We were given the ability to change tags in order to help with these problems. If people are abusing this feature it is very rare, in fact I have never seen such a thing (except for banned members that is). I'm sorry your post got its tags changed, if the abuse becomes frequent and malicious then report it to the admins... otherwise, the feature is pretty important to streamlining maintenance around this place.

There are so many cool improvements and refinements that could be made around the pure idea of 'sifting, why bloat? Why not keep streamlining and trimming things to perfection instead? You have a great formula that can be refined.

Already we have the option to add text and links to video posts but most people don't do that because it takes a LOT of work.
It would be "great" but it wouldn't happen. Nobody asked for it.

Namechange? wtf? Focus not featurecreep!

I'll sit down now.

Use case: I'm in SiftTalk and want to search for discussion on the Dead Pool. I see the search box - aha, bet that does it! Nope, it searches the vids. Damn. Oh look, an advanced search. Ah, ok.. that works.

:: There should be a more streamlined way to search ST, when you're in ST.

Dag, I think you is asking for trouble. I find about 10 tens things that need fixed on v3.0 and I'm sorry if it hurts people's feelings, but I have been pretty good with my recommendations in the past. The interface is overwhleming and needs a little streamlining. But hey, I just work here.

hmm, this must be several years old as her description of how the animator lip syncs the caracters' mouth to the audio file is dated.
now-a-days it is much more automated, by software being able to analyze a audio file and pick out the phenomes automatically. yes, tweaking is still involved but it is much more streamlined. Heck, even Valve software (of Half Life fame) uses this technique in their video game engine.

plus your not linking to your videos that you uploaded, you are simply streamlining the way people view multi-part videos instead of having part one all by itself.

Was this actually on, or are they just goofing around during commercials or something, if it was live, it sure beats the shit out of an actual PH story, but it doesnt seem like the sort of streamlined, choreographed stuff usually done on TV..

Jeeez! What a picture. Wonder if this contraption was designed with the spots for the meat-bots, or if those parts were discarded to streamline the thing with Hunan Humans???

What the hell are they pressing??