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!
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Michele T. - Nov 11, 2002 5:00:55 pm PST #1398 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
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
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
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.
P.M. Marc - Nov 11, 2002 6:54:22 pm PST #1406 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Can we split the difference, have it be 3?
(Signed, set to 1 minute refresh, still hits F5, hates read new, as it confuses small brained mammalself)
John H - Nov 11, 2002 7:06:15 pm PST #1407 of 10000
How come splitting the difference = 3?