Oh hey, I just though of something about bandwidth -- someone recently posted that they had Message Centre set on one-minute refresh.
If we have a lot of people doing that, the bandwidth will be inflated.
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John H - Nov 11, 2002 4:40:27 pm PST #1396 of 10000
Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 4:58:43 pm PST #1397 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was wondering about that -- are there things we could do to reduce our bandwidth usage? I mean, tell me not to click refresh a zillion times a minute, and I'll...try really hard. If it'll help.
Michele T. - Nov 11, 2002 5:00:55 pm PST #1398 of 10000
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Well, I think a one-minute refresh on the message center rather than just clicking "read new" when you're in front of the computer is a bit much, bandwidth-wise. I think a minute of clicking refresh madly and then going away is in the end far more conservationist!
Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 5:03:23 pm PST #1399 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So maybe we shouldn't let people set their own refresh rate? Just set it at 5 minutes or something for everyone? Or something?
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2002 6:06:30 pm PST #1400 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or set the minimum at 5.
Jesse - Nov 11, 2002 6:09:01 pm PST #1401 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
See, this is when I start thinking I might have a problem. Because I think, "HOW COULD ANYONE WAIT MORE THAN 5 MINUTES?!? THERE MIGHT BE NEW POSTS!!"
And then I get a grip and attempt to get a life.
brenda m - Nov 11, 2002 6:22:23 pm PST #1402 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've got mine set at three. Workable compromise, or is that still too much?
Elena - Nov 11, 2002 6:28:31 pm PST #1403 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
So, hitting 'read new' is easier on bandwidth than setting it to automatically refresh?
Burrell - Nov 11, 2002 6:48:06 pm PST #1404 of 10000
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I leave mine at 5 & occasionally push Read New to see what comes up.
John H - Nov 11, 2002 6:48:14 pm PST #1405 of 10000
hitting 'read new' is easier on bandwidth than setting it to automatically refresh?
Yes, unless you do it more often than once a minute, in which case it isn't.
I'm a five-minute-minimum voter myself.