I just had occasion to view someone's scratch-pad after seeing it mentioned in the CB (e.g. "can someone explain the syntax error in the code on my scratch-pad"). Of course, elapsed time in the CB is a slippery thing at best... When I looked at the pad, and then back at the current CB, it looked like it must have changed since the initial request.

Apart from that, I tend to ignore my pad when I'm not using it, and it might contain crap from who knows how long ago. It shouldn't hurt (and is likely to help) if the display of a person's pad could include the date/time it was last updated. This could also help folks who might get confused if they forget to refresh their view of someone's pad during the heat of a CB discussion.

In reply to Time stamp on scratch-pad viewer? by graff

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