"new"

[desmo2]

To illustrate what a technological, internet dolt I am, I will relate to you a discovery I recently made.

When I return to the forums, I know which threads to visit because there is a little blue "new" next to the ones with, uh, new posts.

I have been clicking on the thread and scrolling through all of the previously read posts in that thread for as long as the LP forums have been in existance. I did not realize until a mis-click educated me, that by clicking on that little blue "new" indicator, that you will be directed immediately to the first unread post in the thread, thereby rendering it unnecessary to view again all of the previously read posts.

Am I a genius, or what?

[Sir_Shootsalot]

Hey Desmo 2 that is a tasty bit of info thanks .I never knew that either.And I like to read the new posts and like you had to scroll through to find it . I think I will like that feature.

Sir Shootsalot

[RedRock]

Uhm, new posts or new topics, though? I haven't seen the "new" thing pop up simply with responses to posts (new posts, that is), so I think it refers to new topics only.

Other than checking the right hand corner of the lines for each subsection or each topic within a subsection for the poster and date and time of the post, to see if there has been a post generated since the last time you checked (and you know what date and time that was, roughly), another way to see the new posts is to go to the home page of the forums and scroll to the info center at the bottom and click on the option to see the 10 lastest posts: "View the 10 most recent posts of this forum." The only "problem" with this last method is that you see them in terms of date and time posted, so you might lose the context of what went before each particular post because only the new posts show up. Still, it's fast.

And you're not a dolt, and dolt you forget it!

[desmo2]

Actually, Red, I DO get a 'new' icon when a new reply is posted...not just a new thread.

[RedRock]

I don't. I just tested it with Picture Widths, which did not (and still does not) have a "new" marker on it.

On the other hand, neither does the Truly New Topic I just started in the member's private lounge, so maybe it's a matter with my browser/OS???

[Lamron]

If you were the last to post, its not "new" to you!

[RedRock]

I did some experimenting, laying aside my assumptions at what the forum site "should" do. I checked using FireFox and MS Internet Explorer with Windows OS and Safari with the Mac OS, both as a visitor and as a forum member. Bottom Line: Desmo2 is right (well done, chap!) about the little blue "new" button function--it works even if there is more than one new post on a topic, the button takes me to the oldest "new" one I haven't seen. Lamron is right, too, about the posts I create not being "new" to "me."

Note, however, that the "new" button only shows up WHEN WE SIGN ON AS FORUM MEMBERS--I haven't always signed in just to check for "new" entries, and I've been going by the date and time posted and finding all of them to read (except, of course, for the private lounge, and there I've been going by the number of posts in it), so the "new" button has slipped by me and I assumed it was "new" to the server since the day before (or something), rather than new to registered members who were signed in.

Thanks for pointing out this time-saver, Des.

[Lamron]

I find it much easier to just stay signed in all the time. Then I get accurate "new" labels and can see what's going on in the private area.

[RedRock]

With both Windows and Mac OS's, I frequently clean out my caches, cookies, saved passwords, recently opened files, etc. Would that not negate what you're doing? As soon as I clean out my cookies, now the forum website would not recognize me when I go there, I'd have to sign in again even if I had signed in "forever" on a previous visit. Right?

[Lamron]

Deleting cookies will prevent it from recognizing you. Sounds like you do a better job than most to keep that stuff cleaned out. In IE you can set the security to block cookies, then specifically set certain trusted websites to be allowed. I'm sure there's a MAC equivelent. That would be an option if you really wanted to stay logged in.

[desmo2]

I delete cookies, internet history, and temporary internet files 2-3 times a week. Don't ask me why...