GO TO LAST UNREAD

[jacko 8,822]

I spend too much time on this board, but it has become my routine over the morning coffee. I see the following 'annoyance'..... seems to be repetitive, and both in Firefox and IE.

I have a single instance of Pattaya Talk Open... but perhaps another Tab on something else.

I go to an active Forum like 'The Members Bar'.

On Page 1, there are 14 topics, perhaps 13 with the Little Blue Boxes, 'Go To Last Unread''

I will start cherry picking the boxes and 'reading the unread', via the blue click boxes.

Then returning to the 'Members Bar Forum' using the convenient 'Go' at the bottom right corner.

All seems to work well, the little blue boxes clear as I read, unless someone else posts in one subject.

 

So I have 2 or 3 little boxes left, posts to read in 2-3 subjects...then I decide to post.

After I have posted, the little blue 'Unread' boxes are all back, all 13 of them, the only new post on the Forum is likely only mine!

 

The tracking of what I have read in that forum, is not maintained across a posting event!

 

Sorry MM, a bit complex and trivial, just wondering if it is something I am doing wrong!

[Obsession 571]

Thats completely different to how I use the forum. I wasnt aware that you could click those blue boxes and it would take you to the last unread post. I just use "view new posts" at the top ish right and email notifications. And never usually go to any subforum . Hmm, will try your way for a change. What are the coloured envelopes for, to the left of the blue boxes?

[jacko 8,822]

Thats completely different to how I use the forum. I wasnt aware that you could click those blue boxes and it would take you to the last unread post. I just use "view new posts" at the top ish right and email notifications. And never usually go to any subforum . Hmm, will try your way for a change. What are the coloured envelopes for, to the left of the blue boxes?

They tell you if you have posted in that thread, (black dot) and it changes to red if it is a hot topic.

They also are 'grayed out' if tou have read all of that thread.

Edited February 23, 2009 by jacko

[Samsonite 181]

They tell you if you have posted in that thread, (black dot) and it changes to red if it is a hot topic.

Here, unfortunately, that doesn't work, i.e., those black dots don't appear if you use the "View New Post" option at the top of the page. It does work on other IPB messages boards so I don't know if it is a matter of "throwing a switch" or or if that "switch" is not available in this version of IPB.

The black dots do appear if you look at each forum individually.

[jacko 8,822]

Here, unfortunately, that doesn't work, i.e., those black dots don't appear if you use the "View New Post" option at the top of the page. It does work on other IPB messages boards so I don't know if it is a matter of "throwing a switch" or or if that "switch" is not available in this version of IPB.

The black dots do appear if you look at each forum individually.

Depends on where here is......

Here, where I sit, they do work. I guess because my MO is to click on a Forum that has a blue ball, indicating new posts. I have also learned that to click on that 'Blue Ball' itself seems to mark the forum as read!

 

It's full of little gems isn't it this internet stuff.... ...I'm confused.....

Edited February 23, 2009 by jacko

[MM 6,562]

jacko, I learned a thing or two from reading your question. I don't know the answer, and since I am planning on an upgrade to the forum software soon, let's wait until it's on the new version to try to figure it out.

[Samsonite 181]

Depends on where here is......

Here, where I sit, they do work. I guess because my MO is to click on a Forum that has a blue ball, indicating new posts. I have also learned that to click on that 'Blue Ball' itself seems to mark the forum as read!

That is what I said,"...The black dots do appear if you look at each forum individually..." Which is what you are doing when you click on a "blue ball" and go to an individual forum, versus using the "View New Posts" option.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Scalawag

[jacko 8,822]

That is what I said,"...The black dots do appear if you look at each forum individually..." Which is what you are doing when you click on a "blue ball" and go to an individual forum, versus using the "View New Posts" option.

NO,I don''t click on the blue ball, that marks the whole forum as read and takes me nowhere. Balls are round, boxes are square! I click on the red text, which takes me into the forum.

[Samsonite 181]

Boy, are you ever confused.

 

[jacko 8,822]

Boy, are you ever confused.

 

No, but thanks for asking....