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pylorak / reloadmatic

Browser tab reload automation and utilities as a WebExtension
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Question about "Remember Page" #18

Open gooly opened 6 years ago

gooly commented 6 years ago

Hi, just a little question about "Remember page". If I initiate "Remember page" with a page e.g. at 09:15 together with "Every hour" the page is initially reloaded every hour: 10:15, 11:15, .. . Now I shut down the pc and reopen it next morning at e.g. 9:45 - at what time is that page now reloaded a) 10:15, 11:15 like the day before or b) 10:45, 11:45, .. the time the pc was started? Thanks in advance! Gooly

pylorak commented 6 years ago

Hi, the reload timer always starts after the page has fully loaded. So in the example you've given, the page would reload at 10:45, 11:45 etc. Very sorry for the late reply.

gooly commented 6 years ago

Would it be able to change this, so that one can determine by the first initialization the time a page is loaded again and again - I think it should't be toooooo difficult. ;) A Happy New Year - anyhow!

pylorak commented 6 years ago

To be honest I'm not convinced about the usefulness of this feature to warrant the added code. Let's say you'd like to reload a page at every hour :45 mins like in your example. What is keeping you from setting the reload interval to, say, 5 minutes, and then the tab would reload at most within 5 mins after the intended time? Yes it would also reload 11 other times when you don't need it, but unless you have hundreds of tabs set to reload, I doubt the page would tax your internet connection.

gooly commented 6 years ago

1.) The net traffic. I am using other programs that are constantly loading therefore I'd like to keep the traffic low by other programs. 2.) I am working on a laptop and a reload of a graphical 'expensive' site slows down a bit. 3.) It saves the world as this would reduce the power consumption of all involved points in the chain of the internet - at least a bit ;)