I think that it's time to refresh.
On Feb 2, 3:04 pm, Bruce Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 11:57 pm, Luis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Checks whether the underlying page is happy?
>
> > You mean send an XMLHTTPRequest back to the server to check the site
> > status?
> > That isn't free.
>
> Yes, obviously. That's why I suggested a delay. They delay could even
> be configurable based on how long the site had been down, and the
> pages could have fallback.
>
> > Part of the upgrades they're working on are to
> > address bandwith concerns.
>
> Really? I'd be thrilled to know how their database reorg will help
> with that.
>
> > If they're redirecting to a page instead of changing the home page
> > out, there's a good chance they don't want us constantly hitting the
> > server while its down.
>
> There's a middle ground and I outlined how it could provide useful
> functionality without being susceptible to impatient people reloading
> or clicking on links. Given how often people are reloading the page /
> now/ I'd suspect any auto-status updated that was trusted by the bulk
> of users would very likely provide a net win.
>
> B>
>
> > On Feb 2, 3:53 pm, Bruce Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 2, 11:41 pm, Luis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > It's very likely intentional.
> > > > Aldie and Derk are sharp guys.
>
> > > > Chances are good that they don't want to waste bandwith on "refresh,
> > > > refresh, refresh"
>
> > > > And if they put a BGG home link on the maintenance page, it would be
> > > > "click, click, click"
>
> > > And that's why you have some background javascript that waits $time
> > > and the checks whether the underlying page is happy, when it is, it
> > > can either go there, or put a big flashing banner on the page.
>
> > > This isn't rocket science.
>
> > > B>
>
> > > > On Feb 2, 3:19 pm, Bruce Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Feb 2, 11:10 pm, Luis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Doesn't that just refresh the maintenance page?
>
> > > > > A piece of the site design which I find really quite irritating.
>
> > > > > B>
>
> > > > > > On Feb 2, 3:06 pm, iamerror <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 2, 3:23 pm, slowcorner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > refreshing
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