"View First Unread Post" Feature
#1
Posted 11 June 2006 - 10:38 AM
It gets to be a real pain having to go through all of the previous pages again just to get to where you left off. Going to the last post is okay. However, sometimes there are several posts that have been left since the last time the reader looked at the thread. So, this would just mean having to scroll backwards a number of pages instead of forward.
We need a "View First Unread Post" feature.
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#2
Posted 11 June 2006 - 11:39 AM
As you're viewing the list of topics, each will have a little box next to it. If you click on the little box, it will take you to the last unread post for that topic. (The little box is half orange/half white). If you place your cursur over the little box, it'll say 'goto first unread' or something similar to that....
#3
Posted 11 June 2006 - 11:56 AM
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#4
Posted 11 June 2006 - 01:05 PM
"For the diligent diver, closed circuit rebreathers are actually safer than open circuit scuba." Tom Mount
#5
Posted 11 June 2006 - 01:08 PM
Am I missing something here?
"For the diligent diver, closed circuit rebreathers are actually safer than open circuit scuba." Tom Mount
#6
Posted 11 June 2006 - 02:02 PM
Hmmm. I just tried it on a thread that I know I never read before, and it goes to the last post on it rather than the first (since I have never read any of that thread before). Doesn't seem to work properly unless I have already opened that thread previously.
Am I missing something here?
In the case of a multi-page thread that you have never opened before simply click on page 1 and it will automatically take you to the first post so you an start reading the thread.
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#7
Posted 11 June 2006 - 04:32 PM
Hmmm. I just tried it on a thread that I know I never read before, and it goes to the last post on it rather than the first (since I have never read any of that thread before). Doesn't seem to work properly unless I have already opened that thread previously.
Am I missing something here?
That happens when you don't read a thread, but then 'Mark all threads as read'...when you log back on, the board will assume that you've read that thread before...even if you haven't. Maybe that's why you observed that.
#8
Posted 11 June 2006 - 05:14 PM
#9
Posted 11 June 2006 - 08:21 PM
I always mark all as read after finishing reading what I want to read. So, having to give this up just to preserve the option of jumping to the first unread post in a thread that I am interested in doesn't seem like it is worth it. I don't want to have to remember what I have and have not read.
"For the diligent diver, closed circuit rebreathers are actually safer than open circuit scuba." Tom Mount
#10
Posted 12 June 2006 - 08:15 AM
It's possible to do, but I'll have to look at it later 'cos I'm buried in something for the next couple of weeks. I'll add it on my to-do list, but I can't promise it any time Real Soon 'cos I'm not a PHP programmer! There may well be existing mods to the code that I can just bolt in, but we need to check it before I go breaking the board (oops). We try to keep the mods to a bare minimum 'cos they get wiped out every time we get a major security update to the code, and we have to manually re-apply effected changes. That can be as simple as one line of code, or a major edit on several pages (ugh!)
#11
Posted 12 June 2006 - 08:29 AM
"For the diligent diver, closed circuit rebreathers are actually safer than open circuit scuba." Tom Mount
#12
Posted 12 June 2006 - 01:31 PM
IF the thread shows up in the far-right 'Last Post Info" column at the next higher-level topic window, then Kim's right and you can click on it there and still get to the last one you read. In a busy forum with lots of new posts, the chance of the one you wanted being the one shown in the 'Last Post Info' might be pretty slim.
If you hit 'Mark All Posts As Read, then that resets ALL pointers to ALL threads as 'read', far as I can tell. It's a global change, whether you've read it or not. In essence, it tells the board that you've caught up as far as you care to. At that point, it'll never take you to the 'last unread' 'cos it now thinks it's the very last post in the thread when you hit the 'Mark All...' I don't use it for that very reason. I don't want to only see new posts since my last login, if I've missed an interesting topic the first pass by.
If you use the 'mark all', there's nothing I can think of to do. You won't see anything different 'till someone posts in that thread, 'cos you've told the board to catch you up. For the other issue (the Goto Last Unread icon disappearing) I should be able to tweak it. Eventually.
#13
Posted 12 June 2006 - 05:04 PM
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