Is it me, or did we revert back to the 2 minute rule for searches?
I am damn near positive that we were using one minute in between search inquiries. I know a while back we tried a 2 minute rule and had a big fuss over it being too long. When I did searches only last week and the limit was one minute, I figured we’d gone back to that to make lives easier and didn’t think anything of it.
Now we’re back to 2 minutes? Or am I dreaming this?
In the test I just did and in every search I’ve ever done too quickly (first about 6 months or so ago), it always says I have to wait “120 seconds” between searches.
Yes, for a while the time limit was 60 seconds. However, it must have exhausted the hamsters so much that they reverted to 120 seconds.
I noticed this morning that it had increased to 120 seconds. Previously I’ve had the message advising it was 60 seconds.
Searching has been moved back to 2 minutes where it was for a few months earlier this year. During that time the SDMB ran relatively well. Certainly better than recently when search time also had been moved downwards to 1 minute. While I can’t say that time between searches has any impact on the increased timeout issues we’ve been having lately I can say search is related to board performance issues.
This increase in search time is an experiment and a temporary attempt to try to get better overall performance out of the hardware/software as it is NOW. If we don’t see an improvement in performance that tells us something and search time can be changed once again.
I understand moving search times to 2 minutes is a hardship on many, to others it’s an inconvenience, to some they don’t care. I’m doing it in hopes to improve the situation for all.
Jerry
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I understand moving search times to 2 minutes is a hardship on many, to others it’s an inconvenience, to some they don’t care. I’m doing it in hopes to improve the situation for all.
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It’s occasionally a small inconvenience to me. If it improves overall services to the members, then it’s the right decision.
It affects the “New Posts” link, which I think a lot of people use when they’re heavily involved in a thread. Waiting two minutes means many posts drop off the front page.
Not really a big deal to me, but one minute would be preferable.
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It affects the “New Posts” link, which I think a lot of people use when they’re heavily involved in a thread. Waiting two minutes means many posts drop off the front page.
Not really a big deal to me, but one minute would be preferable.
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Hit the back arrow instead of hitting “New posts” each time.
Joey, that doesn’t refresh the page, it just takes you back to the original.
[QUOTE=LunaV]
It affects the “New Posts” link, which I think a lot of people use when they’re heavily involved in a thread. Waiting two minutes means many posts drop off the front page.
Not really a big deal to me, but one minute would be preferable.
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Once you subscribe to a thread, you can click on the User CP link and there is no delay on the update on your subscribed threads. Try this instead of the New Posts Link.
Jim
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
Once you subscribe to a thread, you can click on the User CP link and there is no delay on the update on your subscribed threads. Try this instead of the New Posts Link.
Jim
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Thanks, I use my CP a lot. But I like to see what new threads have popped up, since there are some forums I don’t spend a lot of time in.
[QUOTE=LunaV]
Thanks, I use my CP a lot. But I like to see what new threads have popped up, since there are some forums I don’t spend a lot of time in.
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Cool, I wasn’t sure.