It is expensive for one reason. When you load and parse a page with the browser, it's done in C++. When 8ch keeps redownloading the whole page, it's all done in JS. Parsing in JS is fucking slow.
Look up Holla Forums's source code in hopes of figuring out why auto-update lags the browser on long threads
Owen Wood
Michael Thomas
why don't you post it?
Daniel Myers
I don't want to be responsible for fixing problems and adding things for other people.
Michael Fisher
Just post it on /g/ and never read the board again
Carter Wood
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Asher Morgan
That sounds like you don't have shit working.
Bentley Stewart
shit that's wrong. I meant don't have shit at all.
But even if you do it'd still be interesting to see. So many people on Holla Forums brag about some project they're working on, but nothing to show for it.
Jordan Thomas
I don't brag or show my projects (anymore) because I don't know shit about programming.
If you want to try it then here it is.
ghostbin.com
And here's the CSS to go along with it. It's more or less required or else everything will look fucked.
ghostbin.com
Daniel Howard
>>>/g/
Holla Forums has more than one board.
Justin Reed
I know but I thought /g/ was completely dead.