Quite often I find that a member whose name is James will go by Jim or Florence will go by Flo or William will go by Bill and it would be nice to have an AKA field or preferred name or something along those lines and it would be great if that was a field which is searched on directly from the "search your database" bar.
You could utilize the Short Salutation field for this. This IS searchable via the search areas and should take care of your question.
That would be so helpful! If the search button could be improved - for instance when I invert two letters, but the rest of the name is the same, if the search bar would STILL bring up that name. It is NEVER there, but it may be the only name like that. PLease, etap - improve that search database option!