I have not complained yet, because I did not know where I should complain, and didn't feel that it would help much. Now that I have found the place to complain in, I still don't feel that it will change anything...so why bother. I am sure that the low number of complaints does not accurately reflect how the number of people who are not happy.
That being said, I can understand and appreciate the dilemma that FT is facing. For me, FT becomes mostly unusable without being able to find new posts. I still log on several times a day to browse, but it is more for curiousity than utility, while I read OMNI, or something about UA. With regular site capabilities running, I regularly check NEW POSTS, to see if anything is interesting.
Hope the site is fixed quickly.
Originally Posted by ScottC
The problem isn't that SEARCH takes so long, it is that the load search puts on the board brings the entire board to a halt. Certain types of searches actually make the database crash and rendering the board useless for several minutes.
Search complaints have been posted by 10 or so members, but with an unusable board 40000+ members get impacted. I think its a small price to pay for a board that runs, it isn't like search is gone for good, it will be back soon enough...