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"Other users" defines you being online by activity, not by having hit "log in" but not "log out". I never hit log out, but I haven't been here continiously for the last 10 years, either.

(Wow, it's really been 10 years?)

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Re^5: PMplanet has a new home
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Feb 04, 2010 at 13:27 UTC

    "Other users" defines you being online by activity"

    What exactly constitutes activity?

    As just having a page open in a browser does not seem to be sufficient to keep a user showing in both "Other Users" and therefore showing on the map.

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      What exactly constitutes activity?

      Requesting a page from the server.

      As the HTTP protocol is stateless, the server simply cannot tell whether you've kept the page open in the browser after having fetched it.

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        almut That also answers some other questions, thank you.

        For example now I know how this could be done

        It's just a matter of loops!

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