is it me, or is there no way to do a search inside a forum sub-folder in here? Shouldn't there be an "area you are in" search in addition to the Community Search? I find, I often just want to search for something related to one particular Zoho Product I am using, but it pulls me out of that particular forum, and gives me results Zoho wide.

Take a look at diagram attached below. The red area searches COMMUNITY POSTS, forum wide. IMHO there should be a "area based" search which searches where you are right now and below (the example in red).