# A suggestion re board performance

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-re-board-performance/516859
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [November 9, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-re-board-performance/516859 "2009-11-09T00:02:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-re-board-performance/516859/1 "2009-11-09T00:02:24Z")

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Another vBulletin board I frequent did a performance analysis and found that the forum jump box (the drop-down in the bottom-right corner) was the cause of a significant performance hit. I don’t know if it’s the case on the SDMB, but perhaps it might be worth checking.

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### Author: ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-re-board-performance/516859/2 "2009-11-09T01:35:39Z")

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I’m not saying it’s not possible, but I’d be pretty shocked if this was the case – the Forum Jump menu is just a simple HTML select pulldown. It does call a script to redirect, which is more work for the server than someone simply clicking a link, but it’s got to be pretty minimal – just a simple variable substitution and then a redirect. (I could go dig up the source, if anyone’s that interested.)

```auto

	<strong>Forum Jump</strong><br />
	<select name="f" onchange="this.form.submit();">
		<optgroup label="Site Areas">

			<option value="cp" >User Control Panel</option>
			<option value="pm" >Private Messages</option>
			<option value="subs" >Subscriptions</option>
			<option value="wol" >Who's Online</option>
			<option value="search" >Search Forums</option>
			<option value="home" >Forums Home</option>

		</optgroup>
		
		<optgroup label="Forums">
		<option value="15" class="fjdpth0" > Main</option>
<option value="2" class="fjsel" selected="selected">    About This Message Board</option>
<option value="1" class="fjdpth1" >    Comments on Cecil's Columns</option>
<option value="6" class="fjdpth1" >    Comments on Staff Reports</option>

<option value="3" class="fjdpth1" >    General Questions</option>
<option value="7" class="fjdpth1" >    Great Debates</option>
<option value="13" class="fjdpth1" >    Cafe Society</option>
<option value="17" class="fjdpth1" >    The Game Room</option>
<option value="12" class="fjdpth1" >    In My Humble Opinion</option>

<option value="4" class="fjdpth1" >    Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)</option>
<option value="5" class="fjdpth1" >    The BBQ Pit</option>
<option value="19" class="fjdpth0" > Side Conversations</option>
<option value="18" class="fjdpth1" >    The Barn House</option>
<option value="20" class="fjdpth0" > Straight Dope Chicago</option>

<option value="26" class="fjdpth1" >    Sweet Home Chicago</option>
<option value="27" class="fjdpth1" >    Out on the Town</option>
<option value="28" class="fjdpth1" >    Questions, Comments for SD Chicago Columns</option>

		</optgroup>

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### Author: ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-re-board-performance/516859/3 "2009-11-09T08:30:01Z")

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I remember expressing my surprise too, but the administrators did the analysis.