live topic not keeping up

[cjgodden]

Chris, i'll try to explain what i am experiencing with Live Topic.

When using the quick post feature, typically, after replying to a thread with the quick post, the post you just made shows up on the screen and the cursor ends up back in the quick post box, then you can automatically quick post again. This is great, makes for easy, very quick replys.

The problem is that it does not always work this way. some times the post you just made through a quick post does not show up on your screen and you have to use the standard post button where a new screen pops up to type in your post, then after submit post, all posts show up. I think it my have to do with two people tring to post at the same time, I'm not sure, but it gets worse the more people that are in the thread.

So thats what I mean when I say that live topic is not keeping up. I have only seen this happen in the max thread, when there are multiple people posting fast. But it has happened when I was in there solo usually after 6 or 7 post in a row.

I understand that these are extreme conditions and you probibly can't do anything. I have see this using both firefox and I.E. so its not a browser issue.

CJ

 

[christopher]

The Live Topic feature has a buffer limit in it.
When it hits that limit, nothing else will display until you refresh the whole thread, which happens when you do a regular post rather than a quick post.

it might be that your just running up against that limitation as I don't think it was ever intended to be used like we do in the Max Thread.