MyBB Community Forums

I wonder if anyone can tell me if my implementation of this plugin is dynamic in nature. To explain .. I notice when a user logs into the Mybb forum the number of chatters in the chat room is displayed just fine. But it's a static display and doesn't change all the while the user is browsing the Forum.

The only way you can see if any "new" chatters entered the room or even if any chatters left, is by using the refresh/reload of your browser's screen.

Is this normal?

The number of users online will change on a page refresh - browsing the forum will cause that. Sitting staring at one page and not reloading it is not really browsing.

What you would want is to have the online refresh by ajax. However, if this is the BlueImp ajax chat it is already a resource hog without making it worse.