Partial Page Refresh on threads

[Tzesi]

Make the threads to refresh automatically like every 5 seconds.
See more: http://blog.mediasoft.be/partial-page-refresh-with-ajax-and-jquery/

 

[Solidus1]

That would be incredibly annoying, long posts take more than 5 seconds to read, so does an entire page of posts.

 

[Lith]

Press the refresh button every 5 seconds or download an extension for your browser.

 

[Tzesi]

That would be incredibly annoying, long posts take more than 5 seconds to read, so does an entire page of posts.

Wouldn't refresh the page, that means that new posts could be added while it wouldn't interrupt you.

 

[Solidus1]

Ah, I see what you mean now.

 

[Tzesi]

Ah, I see what you mean now.

So what do you think?

 

[Crayo]

Wouldn't it be a stress on the server having this?

 

[Lith]

Not unless you got 50 people reading 1 thread.

 

[Solidus1]

^ yes, that's why I'd be against it.

 

[Tzesi]

Wouldn't it be a stress on the server having this?

I wouldn't think so.
I guess you could try in a separate section and see how it goes.

"Thread automatically updates every 5 seconds" on the botton of every thread would make the forum to look cooler and more professional imo.

 

[Solidus1]

Not unless you got 50 people reading 1 thread.

But think of the future when there is, a feature people are used to and enjoy will have to be removed due to the problems it causes.

 

[Crayo]

Not unless you got 50 people reading 1 thread.

WWE Live discussion threads are normally like triple figure pages, ours isn't obviously yet but having this on a day when RAW is on live for example is basically throttling our server.

 

[Lith]

^ yes, that's why I'd be against it.

Yeah, it's a useless feature, I've never seen actually large and organized forums use something like this.

 

[Tzesi]

If any of you want an example I could post it here or PM you.

 

[Lith]

If any of you want an example I could post it here or PM you.

Pretty simple, it would basically be like a shoutbox.