Last modified: 2011-11-29 20:21:17 UTC
NOTE: THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER "OTHER", a component which doesn't exist yet. This is NOT a Mediazilla bug, but a lack in the interface. Optional cached copies of watchlists should be available to users who have checked their watchlist recently and just want to see the cached copy again. Cached copies of frequently-requested pages like New Pages and New Users should be similarly available - perhaps cached every minute. In fact, these should be the defaults for those special pages, with an up-to-the-second query available only by following a small link (since it takes up to half a minute to retrieve the page anyway, there's hardly a difference between the two). I've wanted such features for a while (I may be atypical, but I *never* need an up-to-the-second copy of these pages; a 5-min old copy would be just fine. Similarly, if I could turn on a "always limit me to loading my watchlist once every 6 hours" preference, I would leave it on). I'm filing this bug after seeing the following comment today while jeronim was killing processes to try and speed up the db. [18|16:37] <jeronim> killing the newpages queries had a pretty dramatic effect
one nice feature with the cached copies in general, is the *mention of the generation timestamp*
It is possible to generally serve a cached page, and still have it be up-to-date. Just invalidate the cache whenever someone creates a new page (for [[Special:Newpages]]) or a new account (for [[Special:Listusers]]). It should also be possible, upon every edit, to invalidate the cache only for those watch lists that contain it. > NOTE: THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER "OTHER", a component which doesn't exist yet. It does exist. It is called "General/Unknown". And it should not be filed there, it is perfectly in the right place under "Special pages".
This is not a current issue.
Going through old bugs marked LATER ... This feels like it's resolvable by just leaving the tab open. :) Loading watchlists etc also isn't as slow as it was back in '04, so the desire to not reload the page is likely lower than it used to be. I'm taking the initiative to close this out; if there's a need for related ideas please reopen or file a new, more specific bug. Thanks!
