Opened 12 months ago
Closed 12 months ago
#20789 closed enhancement (fixed)
Tweak post query text on about page to make it more understandable for regular people
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 3.4 |
| Component: | Help/About | Version: | 3.4 |
| Severity: | minor | Keywords: | has-patch i18n-change |
| Cc: | westi, Clorith |
Description
When you read the about page, one of the cool new technical enhancements, the post query changes, is cloaked in technical language: "Post query optimized to avoid table scans". I think we should explain the benefits in such a way that a regular user skimming the point will think "cool!"
I suggest: "Post query optimized to avoid table scans, increasing performance for all sites, particularly those with large databases."
Yes, I realise we're in string freeze. ;P
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Change History (6)
simonwheatley — 12 months ago
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SergeyBiryukov — 12 months ago
- Keywords i18n-change added
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to 3.4
I think a change here makes a lot of sense. I almost did this in [20947].
Because we split the query, we should be telegraphing as much as possible the benefits of two queries, A) so people realize how great of a change this is, and B) so people who watch obsessively query counts don't go nuts over this.
westi proposed: "Post queries have been optimized to improve performance, especially for sites with large databases."
We're not avoiding table scans; rather, we're reducing the size of temporary tables that end up getting scanned.
If we wanted to include the technical details, it should be something like this: "Post queries have been optimized to improve performance, especially for sites with large databases, by reducing the size of temporary tables."
I think leaving off the last phrase is fine.

String tweak to promote coolness