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 FLASH YOU'VE GOT THAT RIGHT, NO PROBLEM TO JUST ADD WHAT YOU CHOOSE. I FIND THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO KEEP THINGS I USUALLY EAT.
BY THE4 WAY IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT I AM NOT NECESSARILY THE OLDEST ONE ON THIS VENTURE, AT 68 1/2 I MUST AGREE IT MUST HAVE BEEN EASIER AT AN EARLIER AGE.
BEVERLY BROWN
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Things is alphabetical order would be wonderful.
skparker
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Heidi, You hit it right on the head, you really made me laugh!!!!!!
Kathy
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HEIDI_DALEY
2/5/04 3:17 P
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My biggest frustration with the food list is the search feature. It isn't ann AND search (or at least I don't know how to make that work... you type canned corn and you get everything that is in a can and everything that has corn in it. Am I missing something, or can this be fixed too while your alphebatizing the lists?
 Heidi
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DJHEILMANN
1/31/04 2:23 P
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It can be hard to use the food database at first, but must people really get the hang of it after a day or so. Here are a few suggestions:
- where you can, be more general in your search. Instead of searching for "fruit on the bottom yogurt," you could try "fruit yogurt" or just "yogurt."
- if there are foods you eat a log, you can can add them to your Cupboard. To add a food to your cupboard, there is a quick check box after you find your food, to say add it to your cupboard. Then, whenever you eat that food, you don't need to search for it, just add it from your Cupboard dropdown.
I hope this helps a little. Were there particular foods you were having a hard time finding?
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This is my first week and I find the food list imcomprehensible. There are so many food items that I cannot find. I am a vegetarian and there are so many soy products that are not listed or that I cannot find. I find the site difficult to get around. Suggestions anyone?
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DJHEILMANN
1/31/04 12:45 P
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We truly do appreciate people leaving feedback about the site, so thank you!
Also, if there is ever a food (or group of foods, like a line of foods or restaurant) that we do not have, you can e-mail support@sparkpeople.com and we will research the foods and add them to the database.
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My logic does me no good in those jumbled lists either. :-O
And never again will I enter a food without assinging it an appropriate category! (Until I started using the catergory browse I didn't realize how important it was).
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KIDDO1127
1/30/04 11:24 P
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"For the most part, I have also found that it is much easier to find things by browsing the catergories first, rather than just type in what I am looking for."
Yes, that works with items entered in an organized manner. But if you're looking for something that someone else may have entered, it doesn't help if they didn't put it in the right category.
I'm sure there's some logic to how the items are organized, but I guess my brain doesn't use the same logic. :)
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For the most part, I have also found that it is much easier to find things by browsing the catergories first, rather than just type in what I am looking for.
For example, if I am looking for green bell peppers, it's much easier to select the "vegetables" tab first and then scroll down to peppers. I find that these lists narrow things down considerably and I can find things more quickly.
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The easiest way, I have found, to rectify this problem is to add it to "My cupboard". It will be alphabetized there and it is easy to find quickly. Hope this helps you. I LOVE SPARKPEOPLE AND THE PROGRAM! Thanks, SPARKPEOPLE!
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| I just started two weeks ago and I have to tell you that I am very frustrated with your food lists. The list seems so chaotic and unorganized. Very difficult and time consuming to find what I need. The list seems very incomplete. In only two weeks there have already been quite a few items you do not have on your list. The idea of this type of web site is to make tracking easy and NOT time consuming. I have had to run up and down to my kitchen so many times. I have to write down all the info. on paper or bring the food upstairs, do my own calculating and then enter it. Doesnt that defeat the purpose of this website's concept? Overall I love what you offer but I feel this list is the most important item that keeps people satisfied. Pleeeeeease consider alphabetizing soon!!!
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KIDDO1127
1/11/04 11:38 P
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| I agree. Finding things in a haphazard list isn't easy, especially when the same item is listed multiple times.
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Hi!
Right now we order it by a combination of how close it is to what you searched for and the number of times people have chosen it. However, we may provide a way to order it alphabetically, if enough people ask.
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M987456321
11/27/03 5:12 P
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| Is there a way to organize the food lists so that they list everything alphabetically? It would make searching for things much easier. Thanks
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