Proximodo 0.2 is out!

[Oddysey]

kuruden and atom;

I'll try this again, from memory. Somehow, last night I tried to reply, and the forum ate my response - I swear! Not the first time, either. Sucks to forget to hit Ctrl-A/Ctrl-C before I hit "Preview Post".

in re: reloading a page after a filter mod.....

It can be done, in at least two ways I can think of. If you'll allow me to be so bold..... The first is not too obvious, because it's a part of the DOM, and is just not discussed anywhere that most coders are likely to find it. In point of fact, IE and its clones can perform :exec: commands, with arguments. One of those arguments is :refresh. But this has been available since 1998, so I'm sure that other browser authors have either been including this feature set (very quietly, to be sure), or are going to start implementing it soon, if for no other reason than to keep up with the biggest gorilla on the block.

And second, when sending a repeat request for the same URL, you do indeed get a 204/304 from a properly configured server, instead of a repeat performance. However, even poorly configured servers will view each request with an eye to "building" a resource for delivery to the requestor. If you want to repeat your most recent HTML GET request, I suggest that you merely append a question mark and two or three characters. The server will classify this as a new request, and should not send a 304 response. Instead, it should (stress the "should") attempt to fulfill the request as best as it can, and merely send you back what you asked for. Failing to find anything for the question mark should not send the server into a conniption fit, although I'm sure that some rookie SysAdmin, somewhere, has set his/her server up to do just that. Sigh.... there outta be a law. [angry]

Now for some philosophical discussion. Yes, most people modify a filter (or two or three) to deal with the current page. But sometimes, I'll be reading Page X, and get a bright idea for a filter to control Page Y, from some entirely different place. (Does this forum ring any bells, folks?) So, if a forced reload takes place, when in fact I was gonna go test my latest brain-fart on another page, then I've not only wasted electrons, I've also blown a gasket at being forced to do something that I don't think should be done.

If you to implement this feature, and I admit it could be handy, then I suggest that you also give users the option to enable/disable it. With clear instructions on the effects. Rookie users will not understand the nuances, I'm sure, so perhaps the default should be to leave it off at the initial installation.

Is my two cents worth up to a nickel yet? :o


Oddysey