Real-time posting (socket) improvements

Skye

Hello,

I was testing on the demo site and noticed that all clients can see new posts arrive in a topic in real-time, which is awesome (and a feature I've been looking for in a forum software ^.^)

I think it would also be great if:

When posting a new topic, it updates viewers on the /recent and /category pages. (This does not seem to happen on the demo site)
Display a person-is-typing indicator
Who else is here / viewing indicator

These would help enhance the feeling of "presence" and real-time interactivity.

Thanks for reading!

<baris>

The last two is possible with https://community.nodebb.org/topic/10879/nodebb-plugin-browsing-users-see-browsing-users-in-a-topic.

We don't refresh the /recent page automatically as that will cause the list to shift as you are reading. It shows a new posts indicator when a new post/topic comes in.

Skye

Thank you for the information and fast response!

Can you tell me more about the new posts indicator? I just tested this and do not see any indicator display:

I am guessing it is only for registered members? ("Unread"?)

<baris>

It looks like this and yeah it is for registered users.