On Feb 3, 12:59 am, Luis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 4:04 pm, Bruce Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 2, 11:57 pm, Luis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Checks whether the underlying page is happy?
> > Yes, obviously. That's why I suggested a delay. They delay could even
> > be configurable based on how long the site had been down, and the
> > pages could have fallback.
>
> > > Part of the upgrades they're working on are to
> > > address bandwith concerns.
>
> > Really? I'd be thrilled to know how their database reorg will help
> > with that.
>
> It's not just a database re-org.
>
> Lots of small changes.  Things like the geeklists had changes done
> specifically to address bandwidth concerns.

Did that require a multi-day downtime too or is it just coincidentally
happening now?

> > There's a middle ground and I outlined how it could provide useful
> > functionality without being susceptible to impatient people reloading
> > or clicking on links. Given how often people are reloading the page /
> > now/ I'd suspect any auto-status updated that was trusted by the bulk
> > of users would very likely provide a net win.
>
> And in the end, they'd have a better BGG down page.  Seems very low
> priority considering they're also currently working on minimizing down
> time in the first place.

And we'll see how that works out. Maybe everything will be absolutely
perfect now. Do you really expect that?

> If they're taking enhancement suggestions I'd rather see things like
> the XML API get worked on.

If you want to argue priorities, sure, but don't pretend that
everything other than your personal hobby-horse is a non-problem.

B>
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