I think the problem is not so much "too many codes" as is the fact that the story page has so much "ink" on it that it simply overwhelms me. It is very difficult to read and I usually just give up and google an idea/fetish/etc. and go elsewhere. I keep reading other peoples' posts that talk about how great the stories are but I can't figure out how to find them. So many of them are so long so I'm trying to watch for shorter ones. Then, they do have so many codes (some practices that I don't want to read about) so I'm looking for ones without that. But I am looking for other codes. What with the title, author, codes, synopsis, size, etc. and then being so squashed together.......I really have a hard time and I've been trying. Let me ask you a question. Do you know how to make the search engine work for more than one story? I get all that stuff entered in and hit search and it does do a good job of pulling up a list of stories. The problem is, it won't let you click on a story and just scan it and then go back to the list. I often decide I don't want to read a story after the first 2-3 paragraphs but when I hit the back button the prior page ususally won't load (has timed out). So I have to go thru that entire advanced search thing again. Needless to say, I've about given up on the stories here and that's a shame because apparently some are very good. Am I doing something wrong in the way I use search? I'm sorry I didn't answer your question very well but overall, I'm not using the library stories because the site is too hard for me to navigate and find anything. On the other hand, I quess an author would like to know about some of a reader's difficulties.

To clarify, I started out with the "plain" search, not advanced. I usually couldn't get it to work at all. That's when I went to advanced search. For all I know, I'm doing lots of things wrong.....so if you have sensed this by reading my reply, please tell me.