We know you have an opinion on how things should be run around here. These are suggestions for the forums, and the website.This forum is not a place to ask for suggestions to your own coding (or otherwise) problems.
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g3ckO
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by g3ckO » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:04 pm
I think this forum shuld be "auto refresh".
So user don't need to refresh to see whether their post have been reply or not..
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by d3ad1ysp0rk » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:09 pm
Why not browse the forums and help others with their problems, then check back in a bit?
Or even check on php.net/ or w3schools.com (php tutorial) if you don't know enough yet to help anyone else (which is unlikely).
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by g3ckO » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:12 pm
Yea.. But sometimes user need quick help and busy with their work. So if this forum can be auto refresh its may be quite helpful.
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by kettle_drum » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:13 pm
On a different note, an rss feed would be pretty nice - why check the site online for new posts when you can use rss!!!
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by kettle_drum » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:14 pm
I think we do a good job at replyig quickly. If you need instant help then go to #php on irc.freenode.net
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by g3ckO » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:18 pm
yes.. I know... You guys have help me a lot. But this is just my suggestion.. Just want this forum be little bit nicer.. Tq..
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by d3ad1ysp0rk » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:21 pm
What should the time setting be? What if it's a really long topic (ie. posts contain large amounts of text) and it refreshes in the middle of reading?
On the other hand, what if it just is too slow? And if your work is that important that you cant refresh it manually, will you really check the browser when it refreshes?
And if you do get a spare second to check, why not manually refresh it? It'd be even more up-to-date (since a lot of times, we post around the same times).
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by g3ckO » Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:24 pm
Ok.. so my suggestion is not a good suggestion..
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by kettle_drum » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:35 am
Well it would make more sense to auto-refresh the page that lists the newest posts - not the post itself.
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by d3ad1ysp0rk » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:39 am
It's not a bad suggestion, it could just use improvements, thats why I ask questions
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by JayBird » Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:39 am
g3ckO wrote: I think this forum shuld be "auto refresh".
So user don't need to refresh to see whether their post have been reply or not..
That is such a bad idea, and will never be implemented.
We like people suggesting stuff, so don't feel bad
Why not just subscribe to the thread, then you will receive email notification when someone replies.
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by Weirdan » Wed Jul 28, 2004 4:39 am
Bech100 wrote:
Why not just subscribe to the thread, then you will receive email notification when someone replies.
or use browser internal auto-refresh
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by PrObLeM » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:59 am
it would be pretty bandwidth intensive after a while
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by feyd » Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:09 am
if we don't make this feature available, which honestly I don't see this feature happening, you could write a proxy like script on your own that injects the auto-refresh javascript/html into the page..
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by nigma » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:16 pm
hey, come on guys, feyd doesn't respond quick enough for you?
heh