Originally Posted by Randy Petersen
SylviaCaras and Kremmen:
That is what has crippled FT since around mid-January when we all startted to notice a real performance problem on FT. We realized that we had to make a decision: allow search, but not allow members to access FT or temporarily shut off search and allow members to continue to use FT until this fix is available in a stable form. We have apparently made the wrong decision for you. We apologize.
I'm not saying that you're bungling idiots, but I do believe that you made the wrong decision. I spent 10 mins trying to find a post through google yesterday and gave up. FT search would have taken a few seconds. Given the choice between the whole system taking twice, or even 10 times, as long vs. search via google taking 1000 times longer or being impossible, I'd opt for the former without hesitation.
If the performance impact of searches is such a big deal, how about a restricted version? Searching for recent posts and ones own posts would cover a lot of what people do that google can't do, while not providing the usual full-blown search facility.