Ask HN: news.yc without refreshing?

siong1987 · on Dec 31, 2008

It is not too difficult to implement Comet on news.yc. But, the limitation I have is the maximum request I can make to the server. It is impossible for my web app to request to the news.yc server every single minute just to detect the change. And, eventually, the server will refuse the web app request.

The only possible way to implement this technique is to create an iframe that will contain news.yc and refresh the iframe every single minute automatically using javascript. Then, the request will be made from your IP instead of my server. But, I believe that news.yc will refuse your request to the server eventually.

But, I do like to see YC implement this feature.

pj · on Dec 31, 2008

Use Opera, then right click on the page and choose: Reload Every > 1 minute, etc...

scotth · on Dec 31, 2008

why don't you do it?

jmtame · on Dec 31, 2008

heh it's unfair for me to ask this of the community when i myself don't even have time to do it. let's just say it's a feature request that i think would be neat, not nagging anyone or anything.

if i find some time before the winter break is up, i'll throw this together. i've always wanted to play around with reverse ajax anyway. does anyone else like the idea or am i just being picky?