TDWTF: now with WTF daily.
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So... maybe this has already been thoroughly documented here, but I'm way too lazy to check first.
I'm used to Windows harassing me to restart my OS... Firefox harassing me to restart my browser... now web sites harassing me to reload them?
I want to like Discourse... I really do. However, some ideas should be aborted Alien Resurrection style.
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But this is not a website, it is a web application for the 23rd century.
You must be new here?
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At some point I wanted to click cancel and have a tab with Discourse without Updates. I am curious how many exploits that would later be fixed I could still use then.
Filed Under: Probably none because the server-side had an upgrade, but still | Proposing to move this into Meta-Category... but then again, it fits SideBar kinda
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I ran into this additional WTF while replying elsewhere:
I know technology moves fast and all, but two weeks is an old thread? Someone tell me this isn't hard-coded.
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Nope, @PJH set it this way.
Filed Under: Hope I restored some faith in humanity in you
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What's really dumb is they could just dispense with the dialog and turn the next click on (whatever) into a full page-load. Using magic JavaScript sauce.
But this dialog is more marketing than anything, IMO.
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What's really dumb is they could just dispense with the dialog and turn the next click on (whatever) into a full page-load. Using magic JavaScript sauce.
Which they do, at least SOME places, because I've had the page do full refreshes on random navigations before at meta.d and someone confirmed that it was just updates.
My guess is that it takes specialsauce updates to make it demand a refresh, the kind that they flag as breaking the emberUI entirely until you do said refresh.
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It will automatically reload when you click a link, or if you don't click a link for a few hours, it pops up that message. It won't happen if you're actively browsing the forum.
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What's really dumb is they could just dispense with the dialog and turn the next click on (whatever) into a full page-load.
I get the impression they do this if you're actively using the site. Tabs where you're not doing very much, tend to get this popup.
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It will automatically reload when you click a link, or if you don't click a link for a few hours, it pops up that message.
Why doesn’t it reload the whole page and put you back where you were? If it’s to avoid interrupting the user, maybe displaying a modal dialog is not the best way either...
The best way would probably be to stop updating things (since the user is not doing anything it’s not a big deal) and just reload the whole page when Discourse needs to make an AJAX call to load more posts or a topic.
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I get the impression they do this if you're actively using the site. Tabs where you're not doing very much, tend to get this popup.
Sure, okay. But that doesn't really explain why they don't invisibly do the refresh anyway.
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Sure, okay. But that doesn't really explain why they don't invisibly do the refresh anyway.
They should be doing it anyway! I can't go more than a dozen or so fake page loads before I either get a white screen or "An error has occurred :(" and a hard refresh always fixes it.
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Today when I came into work I got a white screen from refreshing with the dialog. I had to Ctrl+F5 to get it working again.
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Why doesn’t it reload the whole page and put you back where you were? If it’s to avoid interrupting the user, maybe displaying a modal dialog is not the best way either...
The best way would probably be to stop updating things (since the user is not doing anything it’s not a big deal) and just reload the whole page when Discourse needs to make an AJAX call to load more posts or a topic.
Since it only happens during extended periods of inactivity, interrupting the user is a non-issue. Leaving your browser open to a single topic for hours is Doing It Wrong.
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Since it only happens during extended periods of inactivity, interrupting the user is a non-issue. Leaving your browser open to a single topic for hours is Doing It Wrong.
I don't think I've seen a "lots of tabs open indefinitely, have a tab for every site you regularly visit" vs "tabs should be closed when they're done with, use bookmarks/speed dials for sites you regularly visit" flamewar on here before.
I'm in the short-lived tab camp btw.
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I don't think I've seen a "lots of tabs open indefinitely, have a tab for every site you regularly visit" vs "tabs should be closed when they're done with, use bookmarks/speed dials for sites you regularly visit" flamewar on here before.
The “how many tabs should I use” thread is
here.
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/me nominates @VinDuv for the Discosearcher title.
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I'm in the short-lived tab camp btw.
I'm in the "I'm in both camps depending on website and/or mood" camp.
