7th May 2008, 11:22 PM
Dark Jaguar Wrote:It sounds very similar to the latest versions of vBulletin I've seen on some boards. The real time updating and editing of posts anyway. The real time display of other's updates is new, but here's a key thing I have to bring up.In response to your question, AJAX, the technology that provides the real time updates, automatically calculates your new scroll position and applies it, so the page will never appear to jump around. As for the overhead, the server puts all page updates in multiple managed ques, I good server like mine should have no delays.
If someone else updates while I'm scrolling through a page reading a post, will it screw up my view, as in scroll it up or down slightly? That is the sort of thing that should be resolved.
On a small board like this, I wouldn't expect crippling delays, but on busier boards how's the slowdown handled?