Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 18:41:36 08/31/99
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On August 31, 1999 at 10:23:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 31, 1999 at 09:11:33, Vincent Lejeune wrote: > >>On August 30, 1999 at 23:30:12, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >> >>>On August 30, 1999 at 22:55:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>I have noticed for at least several days, something odd. I will see the normal >>>>thread display (using netscape 4.6 under linux) and when I get to the last in a >>>>series (the one indented the most) and read it, another post magically appears >>>>after that one, that was _not_ there when I started reading... as though in >>>>some cases it fails to show all posts in the thread at the beginning. And no, >>>>I am not talking about threads with 20+ posts indented across the screen. Some- >>>>times there are only 3, and when I get to the 3rd one, down at the bottom of >>>>the screen for that message I see yet another one. >>>> >>>>Is something new going on threading-wise? Or is this just yet another stupid >>>>netscape glitch? >>> >>>I think sometimes this can be caused when people post something after you see >>>the index screen but before you get to the end of the thread. >> >>I've seen that sometimes too and if thing it's the right explanation of the >>phenomenon > >This isn't the situation. I see (say) 4 messages in one thread. I click on >the last one and _instantly_ at the bottom of the screen I see _another_message >tacked on to the end. This happens regularly. And there are just milliseconds >between when I see 4 messages and the 5th one shows up at the end. I doubt >that someone is posting during that interval. Once or twice, yes. But I >am seeing this dozens of times.. I haven't had this happen to me. I use Netscape Navigator 4.61 and used earlier versions before without this phenomenon occurring. Or maybe I am singularly unobservant... Charley
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