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Russ,
Is it possible to have an option for automated freshing for the games?
I play at work and I have my screen on but I forget to refresh it when
I have not had any moves for a while. When I do it I have 20 games
going on and Then I am trying to hurry my moves (many bad
moves=LOL) in order to find if someone is still online.
Many sportsites have these options like the results at
www.espn.go.com

Sincerely,

Harri / Luck

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Originally posted by Luck
Is it possible to have an option for automated freshing for the games?
Luck,
Sorry, if I understand you correctly, there is just no chance of this
every being introduced. It just places too much stress on the server.
(e.g. People leave their computer on at work over the weekend - and
the site gets loaded even when no one is using it)

This is bad news for 2 reasons
1) The site runs slowly for everyone else.
2) Our bandwidth usage will go through the roof. This is currently a
problem (we got hit with a load of unexpected fees last month)

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

-Russ

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Thanks Russ for an explanation!

Harri / Luck

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Russ, what about a notification when it becomes our turn to move in
our games? For instance, a small pop up window that indicates that it
has become our turn to move?

I'm not sure if your setup would allow this, but it's a thought.

Rein

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Why not just use the e-mail notifications? 🙂
Much simpler that way; my e-mail client just beeps at me when I have
RedHotPawn e-mail waiting. 😀

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Good point! Forgot about that since it doesn't work for my computer at
work. LOL

Never mind, then.

Rein

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Originally posted by Rein
Russ, what about a notification when it becomes our turn to move
in
our games? For instance, a small pop up window that indicates that it
has become our turn to move?

I'm not sure if your setup would allow this, but it's a thought.

Rein
Right now we have <X games waiting> record on the screen (top right
corner) which became a xref when X > 0. Could you make this record
always a xref, which retarget you somewhere if real X (at the time of
clicking, not at the time when page was generated) still 0, or to some
waiting game otherwise (if real X > 0). So one could just click it when
notification arrives, no extra actions required.

Thanks