It's nice without being YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FINISH YOUR EDIT YOU [censored].
I like it!
Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.Not sure you can do cross-page scripting like that in a standard browser environment, as the pages aren't considered children of each other. The lock timer isn't some kind of backend database connection, I suspect, it's probably just a little self-contained javascript thingy.
And yes, editing a new page releases any other locks you had.
edited 5th Jan '12 5:03:08 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The actual edit lock is stored on the server side because that's the only way to tell user A that user B is currently editing a page.
As for the timer itself, and the same user editing page A then B, Javascript cannot communicate between different pages/tabs.
edited 5th Jan '12 7:36:55 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.A possible workaround could be to check in with the server every few seconds to make sure the user doesn't have any new edits on file. The downside there is that the timer would have to freeze every few seconds to check, then continue once it's done, probably throwing it off.
Plus it really isn't worth it.
He's right, it does count for 20 minutes, but starts at 19 and goes to 19:59.
Not a problem, but why does it do that?
Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.When you opened the second article for editing, you lost the lock on the first article. The timer on that article is not correct. Cross-tab communications are kind of a no-no, so there isn't much we can do about that.
Well, you could do something, but it is very complicated and not worth the trip.
Goal: Clear, Concise and WittyYeah, it's a bit complicated and doesn't serve much purpose in the end.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.The ticking clock always existed. Now it's explicit.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"While I'm pretty much fine with the idea of an explicit limit on the amount of time you can spend editing an article, I find the fact that you're timed even while editing your own Troper page to be a bit too much.
Wise men say there is no point... I guess none of them have ever finished a sentence before.

Just making a thread on this topic, in case there are questions.
Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty