New Post Indicator

juju · 01-13-2002, 02:42 PM

Is that little yellow 'c' next to each thread supposed to denote whether or not there has been a new post in that thread? 'Cause if so, I have found it to be a very innacurate indicator. Perhaps it's because I dual-boot and therefore use different browsers?

01-13-2002, 02:57 PM

Yes, it is. And your cookies should take care of it for you. I don't dual boot, but I browse the Cellar using four different computers, and I find it to be *relatively* accurate.

elSicomoro · 01-13-2002, 03:02 PM

I don't really have a problem with the indicators...the only problem I have is if I'm taking a long time to do a post, then I might miss a few posts. I usually wind up getting the e-mails for those posts, and catch 'em.

juju · 01-13-2002, 03:15 PM

Yes, most of the time it works, but sometimes I go into a forum where it says there are no new posts and see whole threads that i've missed. And sometimes i won't get a yellow indicator on a thread when there has been a post that I have not read. Only sometimes, though. I shall have to pay more attention and relate a more detailed account. :]

01-13-2002, 03:19 PM

Heh. Well, I happen to be blessed with a pretty photographic memory, I tend to remember, by looking at it, whether anyone has posted or not. Also, in the upper right hand corner, I think there's a thing that says when you last visited - look and see if any posts have been made after that (by checking out the "Last post by ... at XX:XX XM" stuff) and go from there.

Undertoad · 01-13-2002, 06:58 PM

Actually, juju, you have "Browse Forums with Cookies" option turned OFF. That should be ON. Hit the button labeled "user cp" up at the upper right.

I changed the language around the user options since most of you all have registered, and made it much clearer. A lot of people just turn cookies off whenever possible. Cookies should be ON here wherever possible, for the best browsing experience.

juju · 01-14-2002, 03:32 AM

Cool... Thanks, Tony. I guess it's kinda hard for the system to know what I have and haven't read w/o cookies, eh?

01-14-2002, 06:07 AM

Unrelated, but I don't feel like starting a new thread for it...

Tony - why is HTML posting OFF in my forum? That's killing me, man

I think it's 2 posts I've had to go back and edit 'cause i'm so used to doing a bold via HTML, and the < is easier to hit than the [.

(and doing it via Alt-B sucks 'cause of Mozilla's text input problems, and Alt-B doesn't work on a Macintosh :P )

jaguar · 01-14-2002, 07:14 AM

becasue if you look at some vbullient forums people have fucking huge pics as thier sigs etcetc, generally allows peopel to do shitty stuff like put an Iframe in a post, no better way to scare the shit out of people.

01-14-2002, 07:46 AM

Yah, but that doesn't explain why it's off in my weblog and on everywhere else.

Nic Name · 01-14-2002, 08:30 AM

It might be a nice feature if one could click "off" specific yellow indicators, for those threads you don't want to read at that time ... until a subsequent post in that thread, when the yellow would come on again. Just a thought.

01-14-2002, 08:54 AM

You actually can do this - go into the forum, and then at the bottom, on the left, click "Mark thread read" - voila.

Undertoad · 01-14-2002, 09:59 AM

HTML is off because I forgot to change the option. I'll change it now. My thnking on the whole HTML abuse problem was that I'd worry about it if it happened. So far so good: because we have a better set of users than yer average forum site.

01-14-2002, 10:04 AM

Coolbeans. Looks good. Appreciate it.

Not much else I can say about that.

elSicomoro · 01-14-2002, 12:25 PM

test

test

Sycamore rocks the house

Whoohoo!

Truth be told, it took me a bit to figure out vB Code. It's cool, b/c I know it now...but I like HTML too.

01-13-2002, 02:42 PM	#1
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	New Post Indicator Is that little yellow 'c' next to each thread supposed to denote whether or not there has been a new post in that thread? 'Cause if so, I have found it to be a very innacurate indicator. Perhaps it's because I dual-boot and therefore use different browsers?

01-13-2002, 02:57 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Yes, it is. And your cookies should take care of it for you. I don't dual boot, but I browse the Cellar using <b>four</b> different computers, and I find it to be relatively accurate.

01-14-2002, 06:07 AM	#8
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Unrelated, but I don't feel like starting a new thread for it... Tony - why is HTML posting OFF in my forum? That's killing me, man I think it's 2 posts I've had to go back and edit 'cause i'm so used to doing a <b>bold</b> via HTML, and the < is easier to hit than the [. (and doing it via Alt-B sucks 'cause of Mozilla's text input problems, and Alt-B doesn't work on a Macintosh :P )

01-14-2002, 07:14 AM	#9
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	becasue if you look at some vbullient forums people have fucking huge pics as thier sigs etcetc, generally allows peopel to do shitty stuff like put an Iframe in a post, no better way to scare the shit out of people. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-14-2002, 08:30 AM	#11
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	New post indicator ... It might be a nice feature if one could click "off" specific yellow indicators, for those threads you don't want to read at that time ... until a subsequent post in that thread, when the yellow would come on again. Just a thought.

01-13-2002, 03:02 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I don't really have a problem with the indicators...the only problem I have is if I'm taking a long time to do a post, then I might miss a few posts. I usually wind up getting the e-mails for those posts, and catch 'em.

01-13-2002, 03:15 PM	#4
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Yes, most of the time it works, but sometimes I go into a forum where it says there are no new posts and see whole threads that i've missed. And sometimes i won't get a yellow indicator on a thread when there has been a post that I have not read. Only sometimes, though. I shall have to pay more attention and relate a more detailed account. :]

01-13-2002, 03:19 PM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Heh. Well, I happen to be blessed with a pretty photographic memory, I tend to remember, by looking at it, whether anyone has posted or not. Also, in the upper right hand corner, I think there's a thing that says when you last visited - look and see if any posts have been made after that (by checking out the "Last post by ... at XX:XX XM" stuff) and go from there.

01-13-2002, 06:58 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Actually, juju, you have "Browse Forums with Cookies" option turned OFF. That should be ON. Hit the button labeled "user cp" up at the upper right. I changed the language around the user options since most of you all have registered, and made it much clearer. A lot of people just turn cookies off whenever possible. Cookies should be ON here wherever possible, for the best browsing experience.

01-14-2002, 03:32 AM	#7
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Cool... Thanks, Tony. I guess it's kinda hard for the system to know what I have and haven't read w/o cookies, eh?

01-14-2002, 07:46 AM	#10
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Yah, but that doesn't explain why it's off in my weblog and on everywhere else.

01-14-2002, 08:54 AM	#12
dave Guest Posts: n/a	You actually can do this - go into the forum, and then at the bottom, on the left, click "Mark thread read" - voila.

01-14-2002, 09:59 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	HTML is off because I forgot to change the option. I'll change it now. My thnking on the whole HTML abuse problem was that I'd worry about it if it happened. So far so good: because we have a better set of users than yer average forum site.

01-14-2002, 10:04 AM	#14
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Coolbeans. Looks good. Appreciate it. Not much else I can say about that.

01-14-2002, 12:25 PM	#15
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	<b>test</b> <font color="green">test</font> <font color="teal">Sycamore rocks the house</font> Whoohoo! Truth be told, it took me a bit to figure out vB Code. It's cool, b/c I know it now...but I like HTML too.

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