Posted: 1/20/2009 6:25 PM
(Edited: 1/20/2009 8:07 PM)
Post subject: Forum doesn't properly remember threads I've read
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Derakon
Joined: 7/2/2007
Posts: 3960
I've noticed an issue with the forum tracking which posts I've read. It seems like sometimes it doesn't notice that I've seen a post before. My usual process is to open up the main forum page, then open all of the subforum pages that have the yellow mark in tabs, then open all the threads in those subforums that I haven't read, also in tabs. Frequently I find that when I get to one of those threads, one of the following is true: * I've already read all of the posts in that thread * I've not read all of the posts, but the post I'm sent to is one I've already read So for example, in thread A, I'm told there's new content for me to read. I click the link, get taken to post #33, read it, post #34, and post #35, and go away. Later I come back, and thread A has even more new content! Yay! But when I click on it, I'm back on post #33 and there's no new posts. Or there are, but I wasn't jumped to post #36 like I should have been. This seems to eventually clear itself up. I've not noticed any pattern. I'd initially say it was a browser caching issue, but that doesn't match up with the behavior of having new posts in the thread but still jumping to the old "last read" location. Any ideas? Edit: as a quick example, I've been to the SotN thread on the workbench three times now, and each time it's taken me to the first past.
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Posted: 1/20/2009 6:43 PM
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blahmoomoo
Joined: 2/1/2008
Posts: 347
I seem to have a similar problem with e-mail notifications. For example, today I noticed that the PCSX thread had been updated in the IRC channel, but I had not received a notification for it. This problem seems to happen on and off (it's happened before), but it's happening right now because this has happened a few times in the past few days. I am still receiving some notifications, just not all of them. If this problem cannot be easily fixed, it would be nice for the forum to have a page that lists subscribed threads ranked by the most recent post, maybe even with that little orange unread icon. I'm sure this page would be easy to create if it doesn't exist already. I'm actually surprised that I can't find such a page anywhere on this forum.
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Posted: 1/21/2009 7:14 AM
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Blublu
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Do you click on "Mark all forums read"?
Posted: 1/21/2009 3:24 PM
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Derakon
Joined: 7/2/2007
Posts: 3960
Er, no, I don't. Should I have to? I guess it could work as a workaround to the issue, but it seems like the forum should be able to track what I've read by, y'know, tracking which threads I click on.
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Posted: 1/21/2009 3:38 PM
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kwinse
Joined: 5/13/2006
Posts: 283
As far as I know it's a feature of phpBB2 that clicking on the go to new replies button will take you to the first reply since your last recorded session, regardless of read status. The problem with that is, as long as you don't close your browser, it doesn't start a new session (there may be some time limit to the session too, but I don't recall seeing it). A workaround for that is to restart the browser, which forces a new session.
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