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by cesarb 2027 days ago
> You have mini extension in browser to just auto refresh gmail

That existed without JavaScript (and IIRC it was somewhat common back when JavaScript was a novelty): <meta http-equiv="Refresh: 60">
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ptx 2027 days ago
Periodically tearing down the entire UI while the user is in the middle of using it is a terrible user experience.
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TomGullen 2027 days ago
That’s not how it was usually implemented though, you’d have frameless iframes that refreshed - eg for chat rooms etc
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ptx 2027 days ago
Did it preserve the scroll position when refreshing? If so, that might be OK for a chat room. But an email inbox is more interactive, so I think it would be jarring to have that refresh as you're poking at it.
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