Proximodo 0.2 is out!

[Oddysey]

atom;

Quote:if you add an unopened page to filter, can't proxi just get the URL of the page you do have open (or not), then determine that the URL you added doesn't match the current page, so no reload???

or, if you have 2 pages open, a and b, and b is the active window and you add URL a to a filter, can proxi determine what the active window URL is and not reload a???

Nope, you're not missing anything, at least not in your design theory. As I see it, however, there would be a lot of overhead in the code to make this happen. Perhaps not, but that's just the way I tend to think when I'm in coding mode. It certainly is possible that after all the other stuff (auto-reload) is programmed in, this mechanism would be only 5 or 10 more lines, but I believe it will be more like 20 to 30 lines. (I like to check for errors, and usually I overdo it. B)) But ultimately, that would be kuruden's decision, so I think we've given him enough to ponder for a future release.

Quote:also, i think your idea of offering an option to use, or not use auto-reload is good, except my thinking is to enable it by default. this may result in less options to "mess with" as a new user, yet the advanced user will likely go through all the options anyway.

Well, I tend to see it as "if the user gets hit between the eyes with something unexpected, and he has to fumble around to find out what it is, or to disable it, then you've pissed him off." A page re-load (where the screen goes blank for a moment) will likely scare the be-jebus out of most newbies, and we certainly don't wanna be constantly answering emails like "Why is my screen flashing every time I modify a filter?" Atom, I gar-own-tee you, even if you put a big, red, flashing, banner across the filter editing dialog box, one that warns the user the screen will flash due to a page re-load, the user will miss that every damned time, and will instead scratch his head, and go "Duhhh!"

Remember, we're not talking about the time it takes to re-load a page here, we're talking about the time it takes to manually request that re-load. (Mouse click, keystroke, voice command, whatever.) Rookies might be impressed with technology and programming whiz-bang, but in the end, they feel safer when things don't tend to auto-execute at unexpected moments. This would qualify as one of those moments, trust me. [lol]


Oddysey