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One thing that I miss here is a refresh button, to reload the page where I am and see if it was updated. Better yet, it could have an AJAX script to check this for me like Gmail does and popup a message like “this thread have new updates - Update conversation?”. This could work like that too when I am posting a new reply and show the new messages just above the input form.

When I post a new reply to a specific thread, it could show me its contents, just above the input form. By this way, I can read it and better answer to it. I’m not talking about Quote a thread. The quote button opens the entire message quoted and that is not so useful, because most of the time we don’t quote whole messages, only parts of them. If the message is shown above, I can just copy and paste the parts that I want to quote. So, near the quote button in each thread, the forum could also have a reply button with this functionality. In this case, every reply could also show a small headline, indicating for who the reply was.

Here in “The CodeIgniter Lounge” group we could have a new forum, exclusive to talk about things related to Javascript, CSS, SQL, XML, web design, etc. Yes, I know they are out of the scope of CodeIgnite. But they are very important things we need everyday to build our sites and I think they deserves a special forum just for it. Why not?

AJAX AutoUpdate is a genious idea, doesnt look like any other forum systems are going down this line at all.

In my personal opinion I’d reccomend leaving huge amounts of off-topic posting to other sites that specialise in JavaScript, CSS, SQL chats, etc. Just means we get loads of spam in the “New Topics” link and make searches harder. Other sites specialise in these things, leave it to them I say.

Other sites specialise in these things, leave it to them I say.

For example, the jQuery web site doesn’t have a forum, only discussion lists. Personally, I don’t like to get and read a lot of Emails, just to benefit from one or another message. Here we have many experienced developers who work with jQuery and I would like to talk about it with them. Also I have some experience with other things that I like to share. The main CI forums are for CI-related messages only. So, a separate forum shouldn’t be bad, specially because people will always post off topic things. If they know there is a forum for these things, the other forums will become more clean.

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One thing that I miss here is a refresh button, to reload the page where I am and see if it was updated.

Um, like the browser’s refresh button? 😛

Better yet, it could have an AJAX script to check this for me like Gmail does and popup a message like “this thread have new updates - Update conversation?”. This could work like that too when I am posting a new reply and show the new messages just above the input form.

That thought is interesting.  We do have email subscription though, so you can be alerted that the thread has new replies, so you’re not totally in the dark.

When I post a new reply to a specific thread, it could show me its contents, just above the input form. By this way, I can read it and better answer to it. I’m not talking about Quote a thread.

Click the big horizontal bar below the new reply form that says “Thread Review” 😉

Here in “The CodeIgniter Lounge” group we could have a new forum, exclusive to talk about things related to Javascript, CSS, SQL, XML, web design, etc. Yes, I know they are out of the scope of CodeIgnite. But they are very important things we need everyday to build our sites and I think they deserves a special forum just for it. Why not?

Frankly?  We’re odd man out in the framework world for even having official forums.  We have no intention at the present time of also becoming a stop for general development discussion, though as thepyromaniac says, the Lounge exists, and we’re pretty lax when it comes to moderation.

Um, like the browser’s refresh button?

The browser refresh button have two problems: first it ignores the cache and reloads imagens and everything else from the server, so a refresh button is faster. Second, if I just have posted, it ask me to submit the form again, duplicating my post. A refresh button is just a link, so it doesn’t do this.

We do have email subscription though, so you can be alerted that the thread has new replies, so you’re not totally in the dark.

The main objective on this is to alert me that there is more replies, so I can decide to read them before I finish my message.

Click the big horizontal bar below the new reply form that says “Thread Review”

Oh my gosh… Do you believe that I never saw it there? 😊
Despite its size, maybe I didn’t find it because it is out of the sigh or does not appear like a button…
Anyway, if I reply to a specific message, it could appear already opened above the form.

We have no intention at the present time of also becoming a stop for general development discussion

I understand. But people will ask questions about things not related to CI in the main forums anyway. A new specific forum could keep the other forums more clean. And we could use the lounge to talk about footbal, the barbecue in the next weekend, etc… 😊

Well, these are just suggestions man. Don’t worry too much about them! 😊

Second, if I just have posted, it ask me to submit the form again, duplicating my post. A refresh button is just a link, so it doesn’t do this.

In our forums neither will your browser refresh button.  Redirects follow submissions whether they are made by the Fast Reply or the full reply form.  The form action is different from the landing topic page.  Did you try this or just assume?

Well, these are just suggestions man. Don’t worry too much about them! 😊

We value all constructive input.

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CodeIgniter’s social forum where you can discuss anything not related to development.

Not related to any development is not what I see here…  😉

Did you try this or just assume?

To be sincere, I didn’t try it… I am so used to not click the refresh button after submit a form that I didn’t ever check if here have the same behaviour… Anyway, I think the refresh button or an AJAX updater is useful.

Click the big horizontal bar below the new reply form that says “Thread Review” 😉

Wow, I have also never seen that button. I think it should be a different color or size. It now looks as a layout element.