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The idea that a page should not be refreshed manually to get the latest information should have been a defacto "Web 2.0" idea.
by ericHosick 15y ago
The idea that a page should not be refreshed manually to get the latest information should have been a defacto "Web 2.0" idea.
- adelle 15y agoMost things labelled "Web 2.0" should have been a defacto "Web" idea.
- tuukkah 15y agoNot really. There were other hypertext systems at the time, but the early HTTP and HTML were clearly the minimum viable product that kicked off the progression towards what we have today.
- silon 15y agoAlong with browser page history. I really get annoyed if I reload while site/network has a problem and can't go back to previous version.
- prateekdayal 15y agoDoes this apply to a Gmail or EC2 console kinda usecase? Going back to a previous version is essentially pointless because the state of your inbox/instances has already changed and that page is stale.
- wladimir 15y agoOh yes, indeed. Please implement it well or of not don't implement it at all. Nothing is as annoying as reading an article and having it snap back to the beginning, or suddenly staring at an error page. Sure, for console-like applications like EC2 you cannot do without auto-update. However, on content sites that require longer attention to one piece of information, it is not necessary.