If I leave a Fluther page open and my computer goes to sleep, will I still be counted as an "observing member"?

Part two of this question… If I have multiple tabs open, but only view one window at a time, my observation is counted in both, right? They both auto-update.

Plus, why do the sidebar functions (“Questions for You”, etc) not update without refreshing the page?

I’m sure these questions have been asked before. I don’t know how to search this thing properly, though.

Last part of the question: Should I have broken this into multiple questions?