Live Topic

[SecretlyCares]

Wow, I'm looking forward to seeing this in action! ^_^

Thanks for all the cool updates you've been installing, Dai-kun! You're awesome!

BTW I have a question: Would the thread still be marked Live if replies are still coming in even after the 5 minute mark?

[Dai-kun]

As soon as a reply comes in it is marked as live

[angerbda]

Seems to work fine... I have multiple windows opened, and a small pop up window appeared on the down-right corner telling "New Message - Thread updated" or something like that... This with Chrome

I'll get sure to take a screen cap next time I see one...

[mokona666]

Geh I'm a bit confused.....so if someone posts within 300 seconds of the last poster it'll show up without being refreshed? Is that it?

[angerbda]

It is more like if you are on a thread where posts are made within these 300 sec, your page will refresh automatically and you will see a pop up up windows telling you a new message was posted...

... And when a post is made on a thread the thread is identified as "Live Topic" in the listing in the forum/sub-forum page...

So... you do not have to refresh... It is the "if the user is active in the thread" which seems a bit tricky: on some thread which re "live" and where I never posted, I don't see the pop up window, whereas on thread I already posted in, I can see it...

This also label the thread as "live" in the forum/subforum list, so that you know there are people active in this thread...

I'll try to post screen caps... when I got some... and will let Dai-Kun confirm i didn't say too much stupidity

EDIT
On the black theme, the TAG for "Live Topic" is a bit difficult to catch a first glance...

[gokunaruto]

Great and handy add on!
This is what I get with Firefox 3



Once I click on "live topic" I'm redirected to the new posts.

[Mordor]

If anyone sees how it works, feedback would be nice

I can see it with Chrome and Safari, so it works on those just fine.

I guess I am the only one who is a bit bothered by this, and some other updates, I can't help it, all these new flashy things just hurt my eyes... ._.;

[Miko]

Wow - VB is really improving by leaps and bounds these days, isn't it?

[angerbda]

Some remarks on the way I see this "Live Topic" function running... I am not sure I am 100% correct here, but these are my observations:

(1) When on a "live topic" tagged thread, if I already posted (at anytime during the topic) and I am active (have still to determine this point), a pop up window appear on the right-down corner of my browser window (as in gokunaruto posted thumbail)

(2) When on a "live topic" tagged thread, if I already posted (at anytime during the topic), sometimes I don't see this pop up window, but the page is refreshed. Reason can be "I am not active" (still have to understand this point ). The other reason, I am not sure, but I saw that multiple times, it seems that the new post was made by someone with an "offline" status (i.e. invisible)... I'm just wondering here if it can be the reason why the pop up does not display...

(3) When on a "live topic" tagged thread, where I never posted, I can see the page being automatically refreshed (I was like "Woaaa" when I aw it on a thread I was reading the last post... and suddenly a new post did appear ), but no pop up window appear to let know the thread was updated...

These are the observations I made... I am not sure it is 100% accurate on the supposed behavour of this function...

... Oh... and I reiterate: the tag display on the forum/subforum is not really eye-catching... Can't really see at first glance that related thread are marked as "Live Topic" or no...

(That was to answer the Dai-kun's "feedback" request )

EDIT: for comparison, the Live Topic tag in the 3 colour scheme

[gokunaruto]

(3) When on a "live topic" tagged thread, where I never posted, I can see the page being automatically refreshed (I was like "Woaaa" when I aw it on a thread I was reading the last post... and suddenly a new post did appear), but no pop up window appear to let know the thread was updated...

This works for me, I can see the pop up. The screenshot I made was from a thread where I haven't posted (never) .