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[Autumnlicious]

Quite often I leave a thread loaded for perusing.

I am thinking that a cool motherfucking extension to this site would be a periodic update to a currently viewed thread and addition of new posts if there.

[theVOID]

That would take AJAX which can be a resource whore. It can be done but it's a question of whether or not the benefit would outweigh the performance cost.

[Autumnlicious]

Make it an opt-in function?

[theVOID]

I guess, though it would be better applied universally if possible. Will have to wait for adrain to weigh in, he knows the system capabilities better than anyone.

[Paul the Human]

It would be a cool feature, but it seems as if hitting the refresh button on my browser has the same effect.

[Tiberius]

It's doable but there are no current plugins available to do it. I also don't really see the benefit it will give...if you leave a thread open and refresh, you'll be on the same page you left off. If you do a search for new posts, you'll be taken to the newest post you haven't read in that thread (if you click on the ).

Ajax loading is really only useful in mediums that change very often, like the shoutbox.