A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Set your auto-refresh to "0" (no refresh) when you're not actively reading or posting.
If we think this is a good idea, we should code it in. It's a simple change to make.
Or at least change the default to a minimum of 10, 15 or even 20 minutes.
Is there a way to code it so that if an an account refreshes with the same interval three times in a row without other activity, the board automatically resets the refresh on that account to zero?
That's probably too complicated, I guess.
But the minimum to at least 15 (heck even 10) should be a no brainer to reduce traffic.
RE auto-refresh - speaking for myself, getting rid of it would actually make me click more rather than less. If I don't have auto-refresh I'm going to be clicking every thirty seconds, thinking "is there a new message now? How 'bout now?"
I agree Katie-- I think an announcement not to just keep the browser window open, refreshing every minute, and then leave for 12 hours might be the right thing to do.
I have a slight problem - I have my refresh set to zero, and I only hit "read new". But I get lost with 50 posts per page - I tried it for two days and fetched up in tears, literally, in frustration. I missed at least four posts that were addressed to directly to me, and I hate that, because I feel as though I'm committing bad manners at people, when honestly, the posts got lost in the shuffle. And if I have to keep hitting "previous" to see if I've missed something, aren't I stressing the board anyway?
I had the posts-per-page at ten, and I've bumped it up to 25. But I'm only subscribed to five threads - is it OK if I leave it at 25?
Deb, I'm like you. I just can't focus when I have that many on the page. Twenty is about as high as I can go. So I'm setting my refresh to zero and only subscribing to the ones I always read and generally trying to concentrate on some of the other helpful stuff instead.
Oh, you're probably all balanced out by my insane need to have it set at 75 per page.
And I'm doing my part by mostly lurking until the cranky passes.
Oh, you're probably all balanced out by my insane need to have it set at 75 per page.
And I'm finding it easier to keep up with it set at 50 per page. Part of my desire to skip and skim comes from having to click so many times to get all the messages. 50 at one shot makes it easier for me. I am resisting the urge to post (not that I've been that prominent, really) more than I used to, though.
I had the posts-per-page at ten, and I've bumped it up to 25. But I'm only subscribed to five threads - is it OK if I leave it at 25?
Of course it is. The idea is to do what you can.
You know, it's just a matter of finding what works for you. If 50 per page doesn't work, then just change the autorefresh and lay off the numberslutting. It's the cumulative effect of being conscious about it - nobody needs to do anything that's going to ruin the experience of being here. Try stuff out. Use what works.
Hec, I very systematically don't numberslut. I don't even do that in my own thread, in my own treehouse.
Just as long as the 25 per page is OK and not jamming things, 'tis cool. Autorefresh is off completely, and I always use as few clicks as possible to read things; I get less lost that way.
Thanks, all.
