JavaScript PF Alert Machine: Can I Monitor Forum Alerts Without Logging In?

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The discussion centers around the need for a solution to monitor forum alerts due to a user's limited ability to check the forum because of an eye treatment. The user seeks a way to receive notifications via text messages when alerts occur, as frequent browser checks are no longer feasible. Suggestions include utilizing the forum's email alert feature and keeping the browser open with periodic refreshes. A participant named Tom mentions using the F5 key to refresh the page. Ultimately, the user successfully created a refreshing program to monitor alerts, indicating a positive outcome to their initial problem.
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I used to check up on this forum for every hour to see if there are ant new alerts of me, but now I ran into a problem:

I actually have an eye treatment in process which the doctor told me yesterday that I can only view this forum for 1 hour a day, which makes checking once per hour impossible.

The alert function of this forum is very useful.But I have to log in or at least open the browser to see it, so is it possible to make something, whether a script or an actual machine, that can monitor this forum, and send text messages to me whenever there is an alert? That will dramaticly reduce the actual time I need to spend on this forum since I don't need to open the browser and see no alerts, which happens to be the case for 90% of all time.

Are such things possible? Or are there other alternatives?
 
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Young physicist said:
I used to check up on this forum for every hour to see if there are ant new alerts of me, but now I ran into a problem:

I actually have an eye treatment in process which the doctor told me yesterday that I can only view this forum for 1 hour a day, which makes checking once per hour impossible.

The alert function of this forum is very useful.But I have to log in or at least open the browser to see it, so is it possible to make something, whether a script or an actual machine, that can monitor this forum, and send text messages to me whenever there is an alert? That will dramaticly reduce the actual time I need to spend on this forum since I don't need to open the browser and see no alerts, which happens to be the case for 90% of all time.

Are such things possible? Or are there other alternatives?
You can set "send email on alert" in your profile.
 
Leave the browser open and do a Reload command as needed. On a keyboard, the F5 key tells the browser to request a re-send of the currently displayed page.

Cheers,
Tom

(hope you are off the usage restriction soon)
 
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Tom.G said:
(hope you are off the usage restriction soon)
Thanks. By the way, I just finished writing the refreshing program. It worked out great!
 
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