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Suggestion for WF site admin

by john17
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I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, however, I didn't see a section or place that made any better sense than here.

When viewing the forums, I believe it would be awesome to have the main viewing page auto refresh every so often.

Could be as simple as adding <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" >
to the main forum viewing pages.

Yes, I realize hitting the F5 button or clicking the refresh button isn't that big of a deal - but figured I would put this out there.

Any others who feel like this would be a nice and simple feature to add to WF?
#admin #site #suggestion
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
    I think that an addition like that would be pointless. As you mentioned, you can just hit F5 or refresh the page on your browser.

    It could get annoying too.
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  • Profile picture of the author john17
    True. The above code could get annoying - but there are some really slick refresher scripts that could be implemented easily also. (similar to the refresher FB and Twitter uses)
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
    Originally Posted by john17 View Post

    When viewing the forums, I believe it would be awesome to have the main viewing page auto refresh every so often.

    Yes, I realize hitting the F5 button or clicking the refresh button isn't that big of a deal - but figured I would put this out there.

    Any others who feel like this would be a nice and simple feature to add to WF?
    So what you're suggesting is that we lose more control over our browsers so you can save the time and effort of hitting F5?

    What branch of Gubberment do you work for again?



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  • Profile picture of the author R Hagel
    Uff, that would irritate the heck out of me. Sometimes I pop open the main forum, scroll down and take note of two or three threads I want to read. I'll hover my mouse over interesting topics to see the first few lines (to see if they're worth reading). This can take a minute or more, depending on how many threads I'm previewing.

    Anyway, if the forum refreshed before I got done doing that, I'd be mightily irritated. And I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one.

    Also, wouldn't that be a big resource hog on a forum that's already quite large and resource heavy? All to save the fraction of a second it takes someone to hit refresh.

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  • Profile picture of the author john17
    thats what Twitter and Facebook users thought initially until they implemented their refresher on the news feeds.

    Not saying I have any problem at all. Was just throwing an idea into the open.

    It typically goes over well anytime site or software updates make life easier for the end user.

    Your points are taken gentlemen.

    John

    - and I don't work for the "Gubberment."
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
      Originally Posted by john17 View Post

      - and I don't work for the "Gubberment."
      You missed your calling...

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