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"New posts" function
This may not be an issue for most, but when I visit SRP, I usually start by clicking "New posts" to see what's current. But once I've clicked on a thread, it disappears from the "New posts" array until somebody adds a new comment. This is different from most fora I visit, where "new" means something more on the order of "this thread has been active recently," and such threads stay in place after I've viewed them -- for me, that works better, since I sometimes read a thread, think about it a bit, and decide I'd like to put in a word.
Is the way it works here at SRP a deliberate decision, or just an artifact of the software? And could it, or should it, be changed?
~Rich
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I am so used to it I never thought about it being changed. I think it is less clutter on the page if you're surfing looking for something you haven't read yet. OTOH, maybe some would like it the other way.
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It would be really cool if the user could set that feature to their own preference. That, though, I doubt would be practicable. But either way, it's not a big deal; I'll adapt and get another cup of coffee, or after hours another :beer2: .
~Rich
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If anything an option that would be user configurable would be good.
I prefer the "new posts" to be the way it is here. There are other forums I use where it works as you describe and displays threads that have been posted to within the last hour or so. For me I like a list of what I haven't seen yet.
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every forum i have been on has actually been this way. Once you have read something, it is no longer new.
If you want to bookmark a thread, subscribe to it.
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Good to see everyone's perspectives. I can see how one could prefer this arrangement.
Useful links, Hoglahoo, thanks. I'll try using those.
~Rich
