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Who's Online?

SapphireSapphire Posts: 496
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I see a new feature on the left... Who's Online. But the only user shown is me. Am I the only one online?

No, can't be. Heater. is always on line too. Maybe Ken, you should make him a moderator! :innocent:

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  • SeairthSeairth Posts: 2,474
    No, according to the page, I am the only one who's online! What are you doing here?
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    edited 2015-08-21 19:58
    Seairth when I first read your post and I signed on it only showed me. But

    now it is showing 2 you and me.

    Edit: When I first saw Sapphire's post
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2015-08-21 20:19
    At 4:14 PM, it's me and Phil

    Edit: Times above are Eastern Daylight :smile:
  • SapphireSapphire Posts: 496
    It's only 1:15pm, is that a prediction?
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    I'm sorry, Sapphire, you aren't online, you can't be responding to any of this.

    (I'm thinking this feature may need a bit of work)
  • SapphireSapphire Posts: 496
    I'm not really here...
  • Ding-BattyDing-Batty Posts: 302
    Right now, just Sapphire and me...
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2015-08-21 21:29
    Seems only Heater is on line here.

    I do so much like talking to myself :)

    I would hope so at least. Generally there are half a dozen PC's around the world powered up and logged in as me. Just in case I happen to drop by and want to ramble a bit.
  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2015-08-22 01:31
    Please add a way to opt out of who's online.

    (Never mind I found d the settings)
  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,185
    That's screwy.

    It shows that I'm online

    Someone else must be online.
  • ratronicratronic Posts: 1,451
    Since the thread is about Who's online I miss the total visitor's

    number and being able to see everybody that is signed in.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Online, shmonline. Who cares who's online? We have voting. :)
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    Can we vote for people to go online or offline?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    Who will be voted off in the next episode of Parallax Island? :)

    (Obviously, there's no one to read this, since I'm the only one online.)

    I think the issue might be a latency setting that's set too low. IOW, you're only "online" for five seconds after you link to, or refresh, a page.

    -Phil
  • Peter JakackiPeter Jakacki Posts: 10,193
    edited 2015-08-23 02:51
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    Who will be voted off in the next episode of Parallax Island? :)

    (Obviously, there's no one to read this, since I'm the only one online.)

    I think the issue might be a latency setting that's set too low. IOW, you're only "online" for five seconds after you link to, or refresh, a page.

    -Phil

    I think you are right, by refreshing often enough I can catch someone else on the forum.

    Screenshot%20from%202015-08-23%2012%3A47%3A38.png
    (had to edit to change the image and found out that it's not that straightforward)



  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    I am just curious as to how this thing works, does the "Who's online" show specifically who is reading your thread or who is in the forum category? I noticed that the "Who's online" does not show up when you are in a forum category.

    Ray
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    Rsadeika wrote: »
    I am just curious as to how this thing works, does the "Who's online" show specifically who is reading your thread or who is in the forum category? I noticed that the "Who's online" does not show up when you are in a forum category.

    Ray

    Ray,

    I think it's work in progress.

  • Peter JakackiPeter Jakacki Posts: 10,193
    There seems to be an update there now as for the first time ever I see 6 names online, all with the same current timestamp though.. Now it's dropped down to two and refreshed in another window as three so it seems that it still has a latency setting that is too low.
  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,173
    edited 2015-08-24 23:47
    Martin Hodge wrote: »
    Please add a way to opt out of who's online.

    (Never mind I found d the settings)

    I'm curious now - where are those opt-out settings ?

    Ah, found it : on left menu list, under Home › Profile › Edit Profile

  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    I prefer "logged in". The opposite of online is offline. Offline is bad for business.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    I'm not sure how "logged-in" works. Theoretically, I'm always logged in. (Or do I re-login every time I click a forum link or reload a page?) Whatever the case, that doesn't mean I'm always around to pay attention to what's going on.

    I think the best strategy is to set the latency time to 30 minutes from the last forum click.

    -Phil
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    Sapphire wrote: »
    I see a new feature on the left... Who's Online. But the only user shown is me. Am I the only one online?

    No, can't be. Heater. is always on line too. Maybe Ken, you should make him a moderator! :innocent:

    Heater would be an excellent moderator, well at least until the first mention of an OS that should not be named arises (:<>}

  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    I think I am all along, but....
    wait, wait, ah............

    Yes, a bit slow to get updates. I think I will go hide.
  • KMyersKMyers Posts: 433
    Today, first time ever to see names in the whos online...
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2015-08-25 17:28
    It looks like it is showing who is online logged in for the particular thread, not the entire forum.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    This thread will be closed as it has been logged.
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