Hacker News Reader

That's the 1997 way.

What's wrong with it?

It reloads the whole page.

That's what I said. Isn't it relevant for tasks that take a long time to complete?

Forcing a reload is never relevant. If it's a very long operation, use a modal popup, or hide the refreshing part of the page, but you should never force a reload.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com