donnazor Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 I am so sick of having to wait (in this example) "279 seconds" to perform my second search? This happens all the time and makes your search function almost useless. Thought you might like to know. When I tried to contact customer service, I was presented with a "security" feature that was beyond understanding (mine at least) asking me to "align pictures" with ... with WHAT? Does this security feature have to differ so dramatically with ANY OTHER security feature I have ever seen.? So much so that customer service can't be reached? Sorry ... out of patience. This kind of stuff happens every time I attempt to use this site. That's it. I am prepared for the onslaught of criticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 I would suggest you send a PM to admin "Chapala" with your suggestions respectfully put. It isn't the best software but it is better than it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 There is about a 7-second delay for searches designed to prevent overloading. I do not experience this on any other chatboard, but I don't think this one has a ton of space or processing poer behind it. 279 seconds indicates something else is wrong, perhaps with your browser or Operating System. And the operators may not even know what the current security proof is: these can be just letters, but often now they are a set of pictures that tell you to pick "all pictures with street signs in them". This is to prevent robots from scouring websites and attacking, because a robot can't read images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puro guero Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 If signed in as a user, the wait between searches is 15 seconds, mas o menos. If viewing as a guest, not signed in, the wait is 300 seconds, mas o menos. I just tried it both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Excellent research, puro. Good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcelonaman Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Frequently have the same problems as puro even when signed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 This is strange. I too have witnessed all kinds of delays. Then this subject comes up "four hours ago" according to the first post and now all of a sudden, when making searches and other what used to be time consuming projects, and everything is responding rapidly like it used too. I sure hope that this is not an anomaly and that this trend continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciman Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 There must be some calculation at server level of user status, and server load. I got a warning on 2nd search that I needed to wait "10 seconds", though yesterday when I was on, I was warned that I needed to wait "6 seconds". And that's signed in from California;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
econ man Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Used to be if you exited your browser (signed in or not) you could search again. Don't know if that's still true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Yeah but what a pain in the butt! Anyway, unfortunately the search function on this forum does not work well at all. Never has. And forget about searching for something with only three letters in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronopio Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Just bypass the built-in search function and use google -- type: site:www.chapala.com search term This way you can search for 3 letter things, and no delays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixonge Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 While it is fairly annoying, it is not, unfortunately, unique. A *lot* of forums do the same. Often it is an attempt to slow down or turn away the scraper bots. It does make searching for things quite the pain, though. I'll agree with the Google suggestion. I've done that a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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