Is there any way to go directly to the first new post to come in a thread that you are reading?
Let me try to clarify by example.
If I am in the Mid-Atlantic board and I look at the thread list I see the Virgina topic with 110 pages. Now let's say that the most recent message that I read was last week and would happen to be on page 108 of the Virginia thread. If I would click on the 108th page, I would see a list of 25 messages - some I have read and some I haven't read, the new ones marked with "NEW". That's great. But is there any way to tell me from the Mid-Atlantic board that if I want to read the first new post in the thread I should click on page 108 and not 109 or 107 or 106 etc.
Oh and another problem. If I were to click on page 110 first and see the full page of "new" if I were to then click on page 109 it marks all the threads as read, even if I never actually read any of those threads.
So is there any easy way to get directly to the next message in the thread?
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
:wow: Mind blown. It never occurred to me that the box might be clickable.
This changes things.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on February 02, 2018, 01:17:50 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
:wow: Mind blown. It never occurred to me that the box might be clickable.
This changes things.
Same here. I had no idea that that was possible. I have always done things the old-fashioned way and clicked on a certain page of the thread (if I didn't have memorized where I left off) and just hoped that I clicked on the correct one to resume reading where the new posts start. :D
That is incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for that information. Now browsing the forum in the future will be much easier. :-P
:clap: :spin: :thumbsup:
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on February 02, 2018, 01:17:50 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
:wow: Mind blown. It never occurred to me that the box might be clickable.
Yeah :wow: Me either!
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 02, 2018, 01:52:42 PM
I have always done things the old-fashioned way and clicked on a certain page of the thread (if I didn't have memorized where I left off)
I always just click the last page, scroll down, and read from the bottom up. I may miss some replies if there are multiple pages, but if it's a thread I'm following, that rarely happens.
It should also be noted that there is a forum setting you can change yourself, which shows all new replies from the top down, instead of from the bottom up. If you choose this setting, you can just click the thread itself to read it, and you'll know when to stop when the "new" boxes stop appearing.
I feel bad for the poeple who didn't know this. It's such a useful feature.
Meanwhile, due to a foolish mistake I made on Tapatalk last night, all of my NEW boxes and unread replies have been reset now anyhow. :banghead: :ded: :-D
When I was on Tapatalk (which even now is a rare occurrence, except when I am posting pictures on here) last night, I somehow clicked the option (out of nowhere) to mark everything read or something like that. Now, there are literally zero NEW boxes anywhere on the forum (even though I have not read most of the hundreds of thousands of posts (or even millions) on this entire forum), except for truly new posts that I have not read yet that have been posted in the last 12 hours. This has hilariously and debilitatingly made me no longer able to find out where I left off in just about anything now. I don't know how the heck I accidentally did this, but it definitely wasn't good. So, looks like I'm starting from scratch now with unread replies, unless there is some way to undo this. :-D :paranoid:
Quote from: 7/8 on February 02, 2018, 02:36:18 PM
I feel bad for the poeple who didn't know this. It's such a useful feature.
To be fair, it's not exactly intuitive from appearances that it's clickable. I thought it was only an icon to indicate new posts.
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 02, 2018, 03:02:43 PM(even though I have not read most of the hundreds of tthousands of posts (or even millions) on this entire forum)
The total number of posts in the forum at any given moment displays at the bottom of the home page. Right now, we are at around 598,000, and should surpass 600K sometime this month.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how to help you with your Tapatalk issue :paranoid: :no:
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
Themes? What themes? :hmmm:
Quote from: webny99 on February 02, 2018, 10:59:37 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
Themes? What themes? :hmmm:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=theme
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 02, 2018, 11:35:54 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 02, 2018, 10:59:37 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
Themes? What themes?
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=theme
It appears that Froggie is one of just five users using a different theme. :hmmm:
The total number of members using the default theme (3452) is also greater than the total number of members overall (3419)... which is... rather interesting.
Quote from: webny99 on February 03, 2018, 08:47:00 AM
Quote from: freebrickproductions on February 02, 2018, 11:35:54 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 02, 2018, 10:59:37 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
Themes? What themes?
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;area=theme
It appears that Froggie is one of just five users using a different theme. :hmmm:
The total number of members using the default theme (3452) is also greater than the total number of members overall (3419)... which is... rather interesting.
My guess is that exactly 38 members (3452 + 5 - 3419) have been banned. That's just a guess, though.
Quote from: 1Quote from: webny99
The total number of members using the default theme (3452) is also greater than the total number of members overall (3419)... which is... rather interesting.
My guess is that exactly 38 members (3452 + 5 - 3419) have been banned. That's just a guess, though.
I actually had that exact thought. It seems accurate that there have been about 38
accounts (not necessarily 38 individual people) that have been banned.
It appears that I'm the only person using the Clearview theme. :spin:
I'm glad that there is an answer to my question and I'm glad that I was able to help the other clueless individuals here. This will make my forum reading much more efficient.
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
Very handy to know ... thanks!
I already knew this for quite a while now.
I actually clicked on the button accidentally a couple times before I realized what I was doing. :pan:
At first I was annoyed because I was looking for the latest news on [I-49 in Arkansas], but I kept clicking on new and it was sending me back 3 pages and months. :ded:
I am genuinely,
genuinely stunned that others didn't know this. I've been clicking that "new" button basically since I started using the site 4+ years ago. As far as I'm concerned, it's like someone asking if there was a page that showed if there were any new responses to any topics they've previously posted in. It's a feature that's integral to user navigation.
To me, it seems intuitive to click it. On the default theme, the button sticks out dramatically from everything else around it, basically screaming "CLICK ME!" The fact that some users never tried clicking it really surprises me.
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
What got you to use a different theme?
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 07:25:51 PM
To me, it seems intuitive to click it. On the default theme, the button sticks out dramatically from everything else around it, basically screaming "CLICK ME!" The fact that some users never tried clicking it really surprises me.
I had never even considered the possibility - it does pop out, but I never thought of it as anything more than a notification of new posts. Perhaps the exclamation mark actually
deterred me from clicking it - it makes it seem more like a notification and less like a link.
Either way, I'm extremely glad for that knowledge ;-)
Quote from: webny99 on February 05, 2018, 08:53:13 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 07:25:51 PM
To me, it seems intuitive to click it. On the default theme, the button sticks out dramatically from everything else around it, basically screaming "CLICK ME!" The fact that some users never tried clicking it really surprises me.
I had never even considered the possibility - it does pop out, but I never thought of it as anything more than a notification of new posts. Perhaps the exclamation mark actually deterred me from clicking it - it makes it seem more like a notification and less like a link.
Either way, I'm extremely glad for that knowledge ;-)
Same here. I never knew or thought that it could be something that was clickable - I thought it was a notification and a notification only.
But I'm glad I know the truth now, and it does surprise me a lot that I never knew this until now. :D
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 07:25:51 PM
I am genuinely, genuinely stunned that others didn't know this. I've been clicking that "new" button basically since I started using the site 4+ years ago. As far as I'm concerned, it's like someone asking if there was a page that showed if there were any new responses to any topics they've previously posted in. It's a feature that's integral to user navigation.
That was pretty much my reaction to.
Makes me wonder, are there any other forum features that others (or possibly myself) are missing out on?
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 09:22:08 PM
Makes me wonder, are there any other forum features that others (or possibly myself) are missing out on?
This is a good question. I'm pretty sure I have a good grip on this website's functionality, but I could be missing several things.
The mods ought to create a list of this website's lesser known functionalities. Being able to click the "NEW" button would certainly be on that list, even though (I'm sure) many users already knew about it. Another thing might be the ability to change the theme.
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 11:03:14 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 09:22:08 PM
Makes me wonder, are there any other forum features that others (or possibly myself) are missing out on?
This is a good question. I'm pretty sure I have a good grip on this website's functionality, but I could be missing several things.
The mods ought to create a list of this website's lesser known functionalities. Being able to click the "NEW" button would certainly be on that list, even though (I'm sure) many users already knew about it. Another thing might be the ability to change the theme.
One thing that may fall into that category is this:
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 16, 2018, 05:31:31 PM
Before you even click on the thread, you can look by one of the icons and see if you have already posted in it. It looks like this:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/a9c6bb6343a02b077aa1d411563426f0.jpg)
If you see the smiley face, then you have posted in that thread. If you don't, then you haven't.
I posted that in this thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21879.0), and it turns out that there may be a good bit of people who actually don't know about it, or didn't know about it.
This is definitely a helpful feature on this forum (knowing if you have already posted at least once in a thread or not), and it is good to know. :nod:
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 06, 2018, 01:12:40 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 11:03:14 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 09:22:08 PM
Makes me wonder, are there any other forum features that others (or possibly myself) are missing out on?
This is a good question. I'm pretty sure I have a good grip on this website's functionality, but I could be missing several things.
The mods ought to create a list of this website's lesser known functionalities. Being able to click the "NEW" button would certainly be on that list, even though (I'm sure) many users already knew about it. Another thing might be the ability to change the theme.
One thing that may fall into that category is this:
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 16, 2018, 05:31:31 PM
Before you even click on the thread, you can look by one of the icons and see if you have already posted in it. It looks like this:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/a9c6bb6343a02b077aa1d411563426f0.jpg)
If you see the smiley face, then you have posted in that thread. If you don't, then you haven't.
I posted that in this thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21879.0), and it turns out that there may be a good bit of people who actually don't know about it, or didn't know about it.
This is definitely a helpful feature on this forum (knowing if you have already posted at least once in a thread or not), and it is good to know. :nod:
Helpful indeed! I did not know about this. Thank you for the tip! Nice way to discern between threads you've
read (those without the "NEW" tag), and those that you've
posted in.
If the arrow next to the board is green, you have unread posts in that board :-P
Trouble is, that arrow will stop being green if you have any activity on that board. For example, if you're just taking a quick view of one thread, and then come back in another session and someone hasn't posted in that board since, it will display the same as a board with no unread posts, even if there were other unread posts.
Also, the arrow will be yellow if the new posts are in a sub-forum.
Quote from: vdeane on February 06, 2018, 12:59:44 PM
Trouble is, that arrow will stop being green if you have any activity on that board. For example, if you're just taking a quick view of one thread, and then come back in another session and someone hasn't posted in that board since, it will display the same as a board with no unread posts, even if there were other unread posts.
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click
every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
Honestly, that behavior is probably THE reason why I do my primary checks of the forum in two big blocks and keep all other checks in an incognito session without signing in.
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 06, 2018, 12:59:44 PM
Trouble is, that arrow will stop being green if you have any activity on that board. For example, if you're just taking a quick view of one thread, and then come back in another session and someone hasn't posted in that board since, it will display the same as a board with no unread posts, even if there were other unread posts.
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
But what about all those old threads that you've never read? Changing it's behavior would mean you'd have to go back and read all those threads, or at least mark them as read. This could prove problematic later on, when and if you decide to go back and look at old threads, but you don't know if you've read them.
I always hit "mark all as read" whenever I'm done with one of my blocks (which involve browsing every forum and reading every post in every thread I'm interested in). Of course, having been here as long as I have means that "I'm bored so lets browse some old threads that I've never read before" wouldn't really be a use case for me.
Quote from: jakeroot on February 06, 2018, 02:05:33 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 06, 2018, 12:59:44 PM
Trouble is, that arrow will stop being green if you have any activity on that board. For example, if you're just taking a quick view of one thread, and then come back in another session and someone hasn't posted in that board since, it will display the same as a board with no unread posts, even if there were other unread posts.
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
But what about all those old threads that you've never read? Changing it's behavior would mean you'd have to go back and read all those threads, or at least mark them as read. This could prove problematic later on, when and if you decide to go back and look at old threads, but you don't know if you've read them.
Quote from: vdeane on February 06, 2018, 02:21:17 PM
I always hit "mark all as read" whenever I'm done with one of my blocks (which involve browsing every forum and reading every post in every thread I'm interested in). Of course, having been here as long as I have means that "I'm bored so lets browse some old threads that I've never read before" wouldn't really be a use case for me.
With both of you having understandable but completely different preferences regarding reading old threads, perhaps there should be an option to choose how the traffic signal notifications are programmed (showing green if there are any unread posts at all, or showing green only if there are truly new unread posts). That could be something quite useful and intriguing.
I personally would fall into the category of wanting to read old threads in an efficient manner (as from time to time I do like to read old threads that I've never seen before).
Quote from: jakeroot on February 06, 2018, 01:33:26 AM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 06, 2018, 01:12:40 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 11:03:14 PM
Quote from: Buck87 on February 05, 2018, 09:22:08 PM
Makes me wonder, are there any other forum features that others (or possibly myself) are missing out on?
This is a good question. I'm pretty sure I have a good grip on this website's functionality, but I could be missing several things.
The mods ought to create a list of this website's lesser known functionalities. Being able to click the "NEW" button would certainly be on that list, even though (I'm sure) many users already knew about it. Another thing might be the ability to change the theme.
One thing that may fall into that category is this:
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 16, 2018, 05:31:31 PM
Before you even click on the thread, you can look by one of the icons and see if you have already posted in it. It looks like this:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180116/a9c6bb6343a02b077aa1d411563426f0.jpg)
If you see the smiley face, then you have posted in that thread. If you don't, then you haven't.
I posted that in this thread (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21879.0), and it turns out that there may be a good bit of people who actually don't know about it, or didn't know about it.
This is definitely a helpful feature on this forum (knowing if you have already posted at least once in a thread or not), and it is good to know. :nod:
Helpful indeed! I did not know about this. Thank you for the tip! Nice way to discern between threads you've read (those without the "NEW" tag), and those that you've posted in.
I am glad it helped! I really like the smiley icons indeed, as sometimes it is quite important to know if you have already posted in a thread or not. :nod:
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
Ugh, please no. There are some threads I skip entirely because I'm just not interested in that particular topic, so that would result in perpetual meaningless green arrows for me.
Quote from: Eth on February 06, 2018, 05:23:16 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
Ugh, please no. There are some threads I skip entirely because I'm just not interested in that particular topic, so that would result in perpetual meaningless green arrows for me.
Same with most of us, I assume. I guess it might be pertinent to ask, then, if anyone finds the arrows useful at all.
I don't, really. I've had green arrows sitting on many of the regional boards ever since I joined, as I have no reason to view those boards. So in that sense, the arrows are redundant.
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 05:49:54 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 06, 2018, 05:23:16 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
Ugh, please no. There are some threads I skip entirely because I'm just not interested in that particular topic, so that would result in perpetual meaningless green arrows for me.
Same with most of us, I assume. I guess it might be pertinent to ask, then, if anyone finds the arrows useful at all.
I don't, really. I've had green arrows sitting on many of the regional boards ever since I joined, as I have no reason to view those boards. So in that sense, the arrows are redundant.
I think the arrows are very useful, at least for me personally. It gives me a heads up that there are some very new, unread posts in that subforum before I even click on it.
I also find the yellow arrows very useful, for subforums that have child boards such as General Highway Talk (Traffic Control & Road-Related Illustrations) and Off-Topic (Sports & Weather).
At least for me, the traffic signal notifications (the arrows) are incredibly useful, and they highly enhance my forum experience - not to mention, they are a very cool-looking sight of roadgeekery. :)
I use the arrows every day. How else would I know which boards have new posts and which there's no point in opening because nothing new was posted?
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
What got you to use a different theme?
Part of it is habit...the "core theme" is actually the theme original to the forum when it first began. But it's mainly because the "Button Copy theme" that is the current forum default is hard on my eyes and hard for me to read even on a full computer (let alone a mobile device).
Quote from: vdeane on February 06, 2018, 06:53:13 PM
I use the arrows every day. How else would I know which boards have new posts and which there's no point in opening because nothing new was posted?
In my case, the arrows are irrelevant on boards I don't follow (such as most of the regional boards, Road Meets, etc.). Boards I do follow are typically active enough that there's always new posts. Even it there isn't, I'm apt to open them anyway; if there's no new content, that's an indication that I should either quit following it, or spice it up ;-)
Quote from: froggie on February 06, 2018, 08:17:28 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 05, 2018, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: froggie on February 02, 2018, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 02, 2018, 12:36:37 PM
Click on the word "NEW" in the yellow box.
If you're using a forum theme that colors the "New" boxes yellow. The theme I use does not.
What got you to use a different theme?
Part of it is habit...the "core theme" is actually the theme original to the forum when it first began. But it's mainly because the "Button Copy theme" that is the current forum default is hard on my eyes and hard for me to read even on a full computer (let alone a mobile device).
I see. I've tried using the alternative themes, but weirdly, I found the opposite to be true. The various shades of blue and grey made everything blend together, and the various parts of the webpage difficult to discern when scrolling. I'm not a particularly big fan of green and yellow, to be fair. But it seems to work better than the blue and grey. I also found the various page elements that don't change when changing the theme, such as the user ranks, to be rather distracting on the core theme.
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 06, 2018, 06:02:40 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 05:49:54 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 06, 2018, 05:23:16 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 06, 2018, 01:09:55 PM
I was just being smart with my earlier comment; however, that's an extremely good point you raise, and something that I find rather annoying. You should have to click every unread thread in the board in order for the green arrow to disappear/turn yellow.
In fact, this is a concern that I venture to say is worth consideration by the mods/admin team, due to the confusion it could cause, and the volume of times it has caused me to miss out on new posts.
Ugh, please no. There are some threads I skip entirely because I'm just not interested in that particular topic, so that would result in perpetual meaningless green arrows for me.
Same with most of us, I assume. I guess it might be pertinent to ask, then, if anyone finds the arrows useful at all.
I don't, really. I've had green arrows sitting on many of the regional boards ever since I joined, as I have no reason to view those boards. So in that sense, the arrows are redundant.
I think the arrows are very useful, at least for me personally. It gives me a heads up that there are some very new, unread posts in that subforum before I even click on it.
I also find the yellow arrows very useful, for subforums that have child boards such as General Highway Talk (Traffic Control & Road-Related Illustrations) and Off-Topic (Sports & Weather).
At least for me, the traffic signal notifications (the arrows) are incredibly useful, and they highly enhance my forum experience - not to mention, they are a very cool-looking sight of roadgeekery. :)
Also, it's worth noting that the forum's main index has a "mark all posts as read" (or something like that) button that you can click that allows you to mark any boards or topics you aren't interested in reading as "read".
How I read the forum:
Click the arrows on the boards I'm interested in, then click the "new" button on topics that I'm interested in.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 07, 2018, 10:37:13 AM
How I read the forum:
Click the arrows on the boards I'm interested in, then click the "new" button on topics that I'm interested in.
Holy crap. I did not know you could click those arrows. Thank you.
Count me among those who never thought to click on the "New" icons before reading this thread. For years, I have had the profile setting selected to show posts from newest at top to oldest at bottom so when I go to a topic, I'd see the new posts at the top. I've now set it back to the default order and can use the New icon to go to the first new easily and scroll down from there.
Quote from: jakeroot on February 07, 2018, 02:17:58 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 07, 2018, 10:37:13 AM
How I read the forum:
Click the arrows on the boards I'm interested in, then click the "new" button on topics that I'm interested in.
Holy crap. I did not know you could click those arrows. Thank you.
Neither did I! I knew about the "NEW!" banners, but not the clickability of the arrows. That is actually helpful.
Quote from: Eth on February 07, 2018, 02:58:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on February 07, 2018, 02:17:58 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 07, 2018, 10:37:13 AM
How I read the forum:
Click the arrows on the boards I'm interested in, then click the "new" button on topics that I'm interested in.
Holy crap. I did not know you could click those arrows. Thank you.
Neither did I! I knew about the "NEW!" banners, but not the clickability of the arrows. That is actually helpful.
Add me to the list of people who had no idea that you could click the arrows either. :-D
Thank you for that information!! :nod: :biggrin:
Which is more obvious, the clickability of the "new" notifications, or the clickability of the green arrows? :-P
I found out about both through this thread, which is mildly embarrassing.
Quote from: webny99 on February 08, 2018, 10:05:10 PM
Which is more obvious, the clickability of the "new" notifications, or the clickability of the green arrows? :-P
I found out about both through this thread, which is mildly embarrassing.
Ever since I joined the forum, I've been clicking the "new" notifications. I had no idea you could click the arrows.
Surprisingly, when you use a mobile device that doesn't provide for the basic functionality of allowing you to determine what is a link and what is not–which real computers do by changing the cursor when you hover over them–you miss out on things.
Is there a way to "unfollow" a thread one has posted in by preventing fresh replies from causing it to be displayed in the "unread replies" listing? This would be very useful in eliminating the passive incentive to keep coming back to a thread where discussion has bogged down.
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 09, 2018, 11:53:50 AM
Is there a way to "unfollow" a thread one has posted in by preventing fresh replies from causing it to be displayed in the "unread replies" listing? This would be very useful in eliminating the passive incentive to keep coming back to a thread where discussion has bogged down.
There isn't.
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 09, 2018, 11:53:50 AM
Is there a way to "unfollow" a thread one has posted in by preventing fresh replies from causing it to be displayed in the "unread replies" listing? This would be very useful in eliminating the passive incentive to keep coming back to a thread where discussion has bogged down.
If you're talking about the thread I think you're talking about, I have attempted to de-bog by deleting a few posts, and am committed to staying away from it from this point forward.
Quote from: webny99 on February 09, 2018, 12:05:51 PMIf you're talking about the thread I think you're talking about, I have attempted to de-bog by deleting a few posts, and am committed to staying away from it from this point forward.
I appreciate your efforts in this regard. I tried to salvage the thread yesterday, and others pitched in to help, but I sense that as the focus is no longer on a particular region, it is probably better to wait a while and start a separate thread on the same topic (possibly in the Traffic Control board) and let it find its audience organically so that participants in the previous discussion are not baited back into it through their own "unread replies" notifications.
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 09, 2018, 02:52:39 PM
I appreciate your efforts in this regard. I tried to salvage the thread yesterday, and others pitched in to help, but I sense that as the focus is no longer on a particular region, it is probably better to wait a while and start a separate thread on the same topic (possibly in the Traffic Control board) and let it find its audience organically so that participants in the previous discussion are not baited back into it through their own "unread replies" notifications.
When you posted several thoughts and questions for our consideration yesterday, I
almost suggested that discussion along those lines was better fit for General Highway Talk (or Traffic Control, as you suggest). Discussion specific to New York has, quite literally, been exhausted. A fresh start is in order; I will anticipate it eagerly, but not with bated breath. ;-)
I'm going to make myself look like a fool again - I didn't know about this page (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=who) until yesterday. Interesting information at times - knowing which users have posts in progress and which threads users (and guests) are viewing.
Quote from: webny99 on February 13, 2018, 12:17:56 PM
I'm going to make myself look like a fool again - I didn't know about this page (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=who) until yesterday. Interesting information at times - knowing which users have posts in progress and which threads users (and guests) are viewing.
I didn't know about it for the longest time either, until I found it a few months ago by accidentally clicking on it and finding it.
It is indeed some interesting information. :nod:
I used it extensively for the first few months, causing me to resurrect many old threads (constructively, so most people had no problem with it).
Quote from: 1 on February 13, 2018, 12:46:00 PM
I used it extensively for the first few months, causing me to resurrect many old threads (constructively, so most people had no problem with it).
Funny you say that. That's actually how I found the board - I was reading some old threads, and you mentioned that you had seen a guest viewing a thread and posted to it.
I didn't know there was a way to tell what pages a user (much less a guest) was viewing. I then found the link at the bottom of the home page, and have been obsessed with it ever since ;-)
Quote from: webny99 on February 13, 2018, 12:17:56 PM
I'm going to make myself look like a fool again - I didn't know about this page (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?action=who) until yesterday. Interesting information at times - knowing which users have posts in progress and which threads users (and guests) are viewing.
I didn't know about it either. I didn't know about the NEW button until it was discussed in this thread.
I worked in the IT field 1984-2017, and there are lots of IT things that I do know and lots of things that I don't know. No big deal, and I am not embarrassed to learn something new. That is what groups of people help you do.