Scrambled Online User list?

[Paulie]

Is there any reason that the list of online users at the bottom of the forums main page is not in alphabetical order when I switched on today?

 

[boiltheocean]

My guess is Jordan switched off the sorting to save on server power, same as he disabled Search and RSS earlier.

 

[Mad94d]

I noticed that too, makes it very confusing when I was looking for my friends.

 

[Paulie]

My guess is Jordan switched off the sorting to save on server power, same as he disabled Search and RSS earlier.

OK, didn't even realise it worked like that.👍

 

[boiltheocean]

OK, didn't even realise it worked like that.👍

I don't either but I guess all sorting/searching functions can be turned off, it seems a logical explanation.

 

[Jordan]

Is there any reason that the list of online users at the bottom of the forums main page is not in alphabetical order when I switched on today?

SweatshopUnion is correct - the list is no longer sorted to help reduce server load. The front page of the forums is the most visited page on the site, so it's important to reduce its impact as much as possible.

I noticed that too, makes it very confusing when I was looking for my friends.

When you add people to your Friends list, a '+' will appear next to their name, making them easier to find in the unsorted list.

 

[Philly]

My guess is Jordan switched off the sorting to save on server power, same as he disabled Search and RSS earlier.

Jordan disabled search? So does that mean we're going to be getting triplicates and quadruplicates of threads instead of duplicates?

 

[Legendary]

As far as im aware it is back now.

 

[Peter]

Probably because of the sudden huge activity in the forums because of GT5 and GT mobile.

 

[boiltheocean]

Probably because of the sudden huge activity in the forums because of GT5 and GT mobile.

Haha Your abit late

 

[Peter]

I just came on for the first time since sunday

 

[TB]

I just came on for the first time since sunday

Doesn't change the fact that you didn't read post number 2, 6 or the quote in 7.

 

[Mad94d]

When you add people to your Friends list, a '+' will appear next to their name, making them easier to find in the unsorted list.

Yep, I know. That was helpful. I shouldn't have said friends, that was very loosely used by me. I was looking for a user last night and couldn't find it. But it's fine, the website seemed 'packed' yesterday. At one point there was over 530 people viewing the GT5 section in the aussie afternoon!

 

[Paulie]

Would you be able to further reduce sever load by disabling it in all forums, not just the main forum home page? I noticed in every sub-forum it is still sorted.

 

[Stevisiov]

Would you be able to further reduce sever load by disabling it in all forums, not just the main forum home page? I noticed in every sub-forum it is still sorted.

As Jordan said, its the main page which gets the most visits and therefore it was needed to reduce serverload for that page.

It probably isn't needed on the other forum pages.

 

[Jordan]

Yep, I know. That was helpful. I shouldn't have said friends, that was very loosely used by me. I was looking for a user last night and couldn't find it. But it's fine, the website seemed 'packed' yesterday. At one point there was over 530 people viewing the GT5 section in the aussie afternoon!

Yep, yesterday was the second highest day of traffic ever, with 36,551 unique visitors.

Would you be able to further reduce sever load by disabling it in all forums, not just the main forum home page? I noticed in every sub-forum it is still sorted.

Probably, but I can't really do that. Apparently the setting in the forum software's control panel does not affect the other lists. It's most likely just something the developers overlooked. I still can't believe you guys notice these things...

 

[TB]

 

[Paulie]

Yep, yesterday was the second highest day of traffic ever, with 36,551 unique visitors.


Probably, but I can't really do that. Apparently the setting in the forum software's control panel does not affect the other lists. It's most likely just something the developers overlooked. I still can't believe you guys notice these things...

Wow that was packed yesterday. Hey, noticing tiny things is our sacred duty right? Strange it doesn't affect other lists, oh well, all good.

 

[Timppaq]

Could the list be unscrambled again?

 

[ASH32]

Could the list be unscrambled again?

I was just thinking the other day about when/whether it will be put back to how it was. I want it to be unscrambled again too, the list looks so much better in alphabetical order.

 

[Jordan]

OK, it will be sorted alphabetically for members only.

 

[Paulie]

Awesome, I only just realised the change back now.

 

[Nicko]

Thanks for resorting the list alphabetically Jordan, it's much easier to find people!