Manimal Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hi, I'm always bothered with delayed searches on this forum. After a regular quick search, I often need to switch to the advanced search and add a detail for accurate results. I've been asked to wait 5 seconds before searching again and I've been waiting for 10 seconds before clicking on "search". The result : wait for much longer before searching again ! So I gave up with this really boring feature that looks useless... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 I agree, the delay is annoying. I think when the red warning hand for new members is dropped the delay should be removed. (I believe there was some consensus with the team, alas nothing changed so far.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 I am also troubled by this delay feature. If we are implementing it to prevent ddos or malicious attacks, we should at least decrease it down to 1 second, so that the user cannot feel its existence. The red hand might be to prevent malicious users from bypassing bans and spamming the forum. However, I think the red hand lasts a bit too long and there is no need restrict how many reactions one gives. If malicious users are spotted, there should be a way to delete forum accounts instead of making everyone wait. Furthermore I don't understand why normal people cannot post anything on balancing threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossenburg Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) thought i was the only one who get a little bit uncomfortable with it , 30secs cooldown is a little too much Edited August 14, 2022 by rossenburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, Sevda said: Furthermore I don't understand why normal people cannot post anything on balancing threads. AFAIK it was an attempt of having "experts" have profound discussions while being transparent to the public. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 @feneur These days I use google to parse the forums e.g han_emblem inurl:wildfiregames.com 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossenburg Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) we all gotta "google dork" then - until the search cooldown is reduced Edited August 14, 2022 by rossenburg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player of 0AD Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Im wondering: Why are there search delays? Few seconds seem very helpful because of DoS attacks and for protecting the search engines from overload in general. Searching is usually a cost-heavy process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Stan` said: These days I use google to parse the forums e.g I tried it with duckduckgo.com (because I don't like gogle) to see how that would work and made a shocking discovery: Spoiler The About US section doesn't adhere to our style guide! Quote 500 B.C. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manimal Posted August 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 When you search for 0 A.D. through some search engines : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) On 14/08/2022 at 10:56 AM, Gurken Khan said: I tried it with duckduckgo.com (because I don't like gogle) to see how that would work and made a shocking discovery: Reveal hidden contents The About US section doesn't adhere to our style guide! Qwant more private than google. And less infected with postmodern identity politics that erodes its ability to carry out the original mission. in other words it does its job. And he gave less data to the companies so that they don't they send ads with absurd publicity. Last time Amazon prime wanted me to watch a Narcos series, that's really offensive. Most advertising in my country is based on my gender (man) and age (around 25-40 years old). Obviously the insulting thing is: "He is Honduran, his culture is around drugs mafias". These people claim to be inclusive, they are not. Edited August 28, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manimal Posted August 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) I'm using Qwant for a few reasons : it is said this company respects our privacy. I tend to trust them given they are french, and french does a lot to privacy protection. I've read a surprising webpage about Qwant saying they're using filtered results from a search through Bing. However Bing is not known for being the most accurate and / or powerful search engine... Back in the days, I was using Copernic which was a free (like most engines) powerful meta search engine that was sending a search to ALL known search engines and then returned the results after a bit of filtering. Nowadays, they've turned to a software company that only sells their search engine. Edited August 30, 2022 by Manimal typoes and cosmetics, always the same old story with me... :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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