Delete my account please

[treex]

Yeah, 蛸. Not to be confused with THAC0.

Ahh, I've been wondering what the other taco everyone was talking about. Now it all makes sense...

Taco tacos do sound delicious...

 

[the Jester]

Hmm... what d'you suppose a tako taco's THAC0 is?

 

[drothgery]

Me neither. And I'm not a sad sad Asian.

But you're British, which for taco purposes is effectively the same.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Me neither. And I'm not a sad sad Asian.

More proof that British cuisine is horrid.

Canadian isn't any better aside from our ample taco supplies!

 

[Nebten]

FYI, you can search the site for free by typing "site:enworld.org "delete my account"" into Google. I have even made this a keyword search in Firefox so I can just type "en delete my account" in the address bar and get all the results instant.

Back to the Search function issue for a little bit.

Why can't EN World just implant a Google search window like other websites to make it easier for its readers. That way the server doesn't get drained and the masses can search their little brains out.

See: The Hypertext d20 SRD (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) :: d20srd.org
and Pathfinder_OGC

for examples.

 

[Noumenon]

I've got those sites shortcutted too... "dnd chill touch" and "pf grapple". I'd pay not to have to load the site and find the search box with my mouse to search.

 

[Umbran]

Why can't EN World just implant a Google search window like other websites to make it easier for its readers. That way the server doesn't get drained and the masses can search their little brains out.

Think of it in terms of business case. We have a feature that makes paid subscriptions more attractive. You think we should put a box on the page for everyone that circumvents this feature?

Now, sometimes this makes sense - a feature that's attractive for everyone may increase traffic, and outweigh lost subscriptions. But given the hypothetical nature of the argument, it is a bit of a hard sell.

Plus, your browser probably has a search box always visible, and that search box is probably pointed at Google already! That makes the UI work an even harder sell.

 

[Nebten]

Think of it in terms of business case. We have a feature that makes paid subscriptions more attractive. You think we should put a box on the page for everyone that circumvents this feature?

Now, sometimes this makes sense - a feature that's attractive for everyone may increase traffic, and outweigh lost subscriptions. But given the hypothetical nature of the argument, it is a bit of a hard sell.

Plus, your browser probably has a search box always visible, and that search box is probably pointed at Google already! That makes the UI work an even harder sell.

Then please do us the favor and don't say "The search function kicks our server's ass . . . (Morrus)"

Instead replace that statement with "We make money by not giving you this function, so why make any changes?"

I understand business, but don't spin answers behind sugar-coating and sympathy.

 

[Morrus]

Then please do us the favor and don't say "The search function kicks our server's ass . . . (Morrus)"

The statement is true.

If I turn search on for everyone now, EN World goes down hard within a few minutes, and stays down. Instead of a few people being pissed off because they can't search for free, nobody can search because there's no site to search. I abso-frickin-lutely guarantee that. I know this, because I've tried it. It's categorically not technically possible with our existing hardware.

I'd prove it to you, but I'm not inclined to crash the site and start having to make transatlantic emergency phone calls to Cyberstreet just to prove a point.

As for Google search boxes - with all due respect to Google, they're not very good. And it is trivial to use your browser's search box to gain the same result.

 

[jonesy]

Well, what if some of the tacos are hidden *in* EN World? Then you'd have to search for them to have them.

Voilà:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/media-lounge-miscellaneous-geek-stuff/296146-tacos.html
http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/240864-what-do-gamers-eat.html