Undocumented feature .... If searching for a surname with a space it in in the quick search popup, use an underscore to separate them. Otherwise Synapse will treat them as first name and then surname eg: Looking for "Jason Le Strange" - type "Jason Le_Strange" Note that if you use the top row "Surname:" field to search, it does not require this as it is unambiguous.
Q: is there a way to search for first names with the F3 popup ? I sometimes only remember their first name
if not, what about a sneaky feature like a trailing period denotes first name searching ie. james. (for first name james) and just james (for last name searching) no biggie. I just tried the [Search] tab for the first time