Does removing "Active Users" cause less server use?

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Xius

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Someone told me, that if my forums are going slow to remove the "Active Users" bar, and it would speed up.

Is this true?
 
i think it would HELP speeding up the server as the forum wont have to log every user and stuff

but if u do remove it u shud DISABLE this function now just remove the bar

i am not sure m not a php developer or anything but as a programmer to make a function like this i would program it in this manner

1- when a user comes online it would add him to a field in the database for online users now which would keep adding the username to that field or update the status, includes alot of refreshing of the server

2- when u refresh the page the bar would display whoever on that list

or theres another way around to do it which is

1- when a user goes online it wud just make his status field value 0, 1 or 2
assuming that appearing invisible is enabled
and assuming that 0 = offline, 1 = online and 2 = invisible

and on the page the script or bar will go over all the users and see who has 1 and 2 and add them together, which WILL consume alot of bandwidth

as a programmer i would go with the 1st option and i believe that vBulletin programmers would agree with me as well

m not really a PHP or vB programmer but i make windows applications and for an idea to be implemented i would have to have a plan to go with

i just planned what are my options and how to do them in this situation but i dont really know what vB does or how to disable it or enable it

in both cases u will need to disable it

in the 1st case u need to disable the function that registers the status of the members when they come online into the database and in the 2nd u will need to just remove the bar.... but i believe they use the 1st way which u need to completely disable the function


I hope i am clear enough since m not really good at explaining anything :D


Thanx
 
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