Search Delay

[PaulTB]

Sorry! The administrator has specified that you can only do one search every 10 seconds.

Is this really required?

Usually I probably go for days between searches (Not counting the 'find all posts by ___' type) but when you do search and find no results generally the very next thing you want to do is search again with somewhat different search terms.

 

[kirei_na_me]

I don't know anything about this particular matter, other than it bugs me too, but you know where I would like a delay? In thread-posting. It would be nice if there was a limit to how many posts you could make, say, within 5 minutes?!

 

[PaulTB]

I don't know anything about this particular matter, other than it bugs me too, but you know where I would like a delay? In thread-posting. It would be nice if there was a limit to how many posts you could make, say, within 5 minutes?!

5 minutes is probably longer than you think. But I can't see why anybody would need to make more than one post every half-minute or so.

 

[kirei_na_me]

Well, I can't see the need in it either, but some people do it. Well, maybe I'm just exaggerating a tad. Anyway...

I'm sorry for going off on a tangent. You can have your thread back now. ;-)

 

[TwistedMac]

just wait 10 seconds and make another search XD.. it's not a very long time after all =P

 

[bossel]

I don't know anything about this particular matter, other than it bugs me too, but you know where I would like a delay? In thread-posting. It would be nice if there was a limit to how many posts you could make, say, within 5 minutes?!

Not such a good idea, IMO.
I remember the times when I had to cope with a 14.4 modem: I would open all the stuff I'd be interested in in different windows (tabs were unheard of back then) & go offline again. Then read it & write responses in a text editor, then go online again, open the necessary posting pages, copy & paste, then post. If I would have had to wait 5 minutes between every post, I wouldn't have used the forum anymore.

10 seconds I wouldn't have a problem with. Not even for the search delay, until I finished changing my query 10 secs are long over anyway.

 

[kirei_na_me]

I meant threads, instead of posts. I should've corrected that. I meant there should be a delay for starting new threads. Sorry about that.

 

[bossel]

Oh, I see.

 

[fixelbrumpf]

As far as I know, the ten-second delay is supposed to take load off the forums database. Searching seems to be very demanding on the server. On another forum I frequent, they now charge for an "upgraded" account that allows you to search the forums because all the forum searches bogged down the server like mad and made the bandwith usage skyrocket.