Page Refreshes
Sep 11, 2025 | 6:34 am
#1
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Page Refreshes
Not sure if this is operating as expected...
In the past (up to a few weeks ago), any time you went to a page you used in the past, the page would load a fresh copy of the page. So if you hit back-arrow or went to the page "manually", the page would provide you with the latest version (so if there was a new post while you were typing a message, it would show). In the last few weeks, it has stopped doing this, instead, you need to manually refresh the page itself to see if you missed a post.
It's a nit pick thing, but curious if something has changed or is this the new norm?
In the past (up to a few weeks ago), any time you went to a page you used in the past, the page would load a fresh copy of the page. So if you hit back-arrow or went to the page "manually", the page would provide you with the latest version (so if there was a new post while you were typing a message, it would show). In the last few weeks, it has stopped doing this, instead, you need to manually refresh the page itself to see if you missed a post.
It's a nit pick thing, but curious if something has changed or is this the new norm?
Sep 11, 2025 | 11:54 am
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Not sure if this is operating as expected...
In the past (up to a few weeks ago), any time you went to a page you used in the past, the page would load a fresh copy of the page. So if you hit back-arrow or went to the page "manually", the page would provide you with the latest version (so if there was a new post while you were typing a message, it would show). In the last few weeks, it has stopped doing this, instead, you need to manually refresh the page itself to see if you missed a post.
It's a nit pick thing, but curious if something has changed or is this the new norm?
In the past (up to a few weeks ago), any time you went to a page you used in the past, the page would load a fresh copy of the page. So if you hit back-arrow or went to the page "manually", the page would provide you with the latest version (so if there was a new post while you were typing a message, it would show). In the last few weeks, it has stopped doing this, instead, you need to manually refresh the page itself to see if you missed a post.
It's a nit pick thing, but curious if something has changed or is this the new norm?
Sep 11, 2025 | 12:22 pm
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It's extremely annoying and has been discussed in the "Reading thread to end" thread.
Sep 11, 2025 | 12:27 pm
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Sep 11, 2025 | 10:55 pm
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From the looks of it, it's a caching issue. I suspect that someone changed a caching value to keep a page longer... would probably save a bit on bandwidth cost , Not sure it's worth the trade off of annoying users.
Sep 12, 2025 | 4:33 pm
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IBJoel, can you please have tech follow up on this? Thanks
Sep 12, 2025 | 10:28 pm
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Yes, please do. The loss of this former feature ("bug") causes significant extra work and frustration for FlyerTalkers who like to read many, most, or all posts in a sub-forum, but not necessarily in chronological order.
Sep 14, 2025 | 10:25 am
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This is now happening using the desktop version on my computer; it's beyond annoying and is making the site very unuser friendly.
Sep 14, 2025 | 11:34 am
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I thought I had changed my settings and spent time looking at all of my browser settings. Now that I know, I refresh the page from my subscribed threads to do so.
Until this is corrected, you can just refresh the page that has the list of your subscribed threads (Ctrl-R) and it will update when it reloads.
Until this is corrected, you can just refresh the page that has the list of your subscribed threads (Ctrl-R) and it will update when it reloads.