POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Why do tabs "update"? : Re: Why do tabs "update"? Server Time
8 Jul 2024 12:32:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why do tabs "update"?  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 13 Aug 2014 14:50:01
Message: <web.53ebb30688c7659f8b6494ef0@news.povray.org>
"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> I'll often have way more than the recommended number of tabs open in (one of) my
> browser(s).  I notice that news.povray.org tabs do the little update "spin", but
> it doesn't appear that the threads or posts get updated - I have to hit the
> "reload tab" button on my browser to get it to _actually_ update.
>
> So - what exactly is the page doing and why?

Nothing. Your browser is just taking long to load the page. BTW, most browsers
come with, or offer as plugin, a web debugger that will show you any and all
page activities, assuming you want to check for yourself.

The newsgroup pages do not reload automatically, they are not programmed to do
so.


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