Is the Shoutbox supposed to auto-refresh?

[wildmaven]

I enabled the shoutbox for the first time yesterday, since cbox is censored by my work ( ) and shoutbox isn't. However, it doesn't autorefresh like the premium cbox does for me. I'm not sure if the shoutbox isn't meant to or if something is wrong. So...'sup?

[Former Member]

I believe the Shoutbox is not auto-refresh, you have to reload the page or press the refresh Shoutbox button. The cbox IS auto-refresh.

I haven't used Proboards for awhile so I might be wrong, but I am pretty sure

[Michael]

The shoutbox does auto-refresh. The longer you spend on the page the longer the gap between auto-refreshes. Eventually the shoutbox stops trying to auto refresh once the time reaches a certain point. This is to prevent excessive data consumption from occurring if the user leaves a browser tab with the forum open and say, walks away from their computer for hours or days.

[wildmaven]

Jul 18, 2018 12:46:06 GMT -8 Michael said:

The shoutbox does auto-refresh. The longer you spend on the page the longer the gap between auto-refreshes. Eventually the shoutbox stops trying to auto refresh once the time reaches a certain point. This is to prevent excessive data consumption from occurring if the user leaves a browser tab with the forum open and say, walks away from their computer for hours or days.

Ah. Thanks. That makes sense. Manual refresh it is, then, since I only peak at it in between patients.