Thread/Forum Read Marking

Today, the "last visited" message correctly says 27/11 at 22:15, but the marking seems to be using 22:15 on 26/11.

The marking will always use the last time you clicked "Mark All Read". Your session timing out no longer has any impact on thread or forum read marking in any way.

--jeremy

Where do I find "Mark All Read" I looked in thread tools and possibly at the bottom in a drop down box but I still can't find it. Any hints would be appreciated.

From elsewhere int his thread:

Originally Posted by vharishankar Go down to the bottom of the forum view on the main forum screen and click "mark forums read" which appears just below the list of forums.

Originally Posted by jeremy The link is also in the "Quick Links" in the top nav bar. --jeremy

Additionally, since the link is more important now; I'd be willing to add it to the MyLQ side nav if there is member interest (and if we decide to keep this method of Read Marking over the old session based one).

--jeremy

Originally Posted by jeremy Additionally, since the link is more important now; I'd be willing to add it to the MyLQ side nav if there is member interest (and if we decide to keep this method of Read Marking over the old session based one). --jeremy

That would be nice, because it has become more necessary to click it, and it takes some clicking to find.

Originally Posted by jeremy If you click "View Latest Threads" immediately after clicking "Mark Forums Read" you should see "Sorry, there are no new threads to view." This very reproducibly happens for me. Anything else would be a bug (unless you see one or two threads, which means someone actually did post between clicks).

It is very, very different for me. When I click on "View Latest Threads" right now, I get a list with header "1451 New Posts (from the last 7 days)" followed by all the threads with activity in the last 7 days (30 pages worth). In the old system, the threads with activity since my last visit would be in bold. Now, the only threads not in bold are those threads I have actually read since their last activity.

I tried selecting "Month" as the "new post" period, and of the "4811 New Posts" displayed, all threads older than 14 days are considered "read". All other threads that I have not actually read are considered "new" and displayed in bold.

I'm running an RHEL 6 clone with Firefox 3.6.24. I've tried clearing cache and disabling NoScript, with no effect on this. All sites are allowed to store session cookies, and linuxquestions.org is allowed to store persistent cookies.

Wait a minute. Aren't you describing the "View New Posts" link and not "View Latest Threads"?

At last I understand (hopefully). Instead of the system telling me which posts have been made since I was last here, I have to remember to tell the system what to mark before I go. What I don't understand is why that is an improvement.

Originally Posted by rknichols It is very, very different for me. When I click on "View Latest Threads" right now, I get a list with header "1451 New Posts (from the last 7 days)" followed by all the threads with activity in the last 7 days (30 pages worth). In the old system, the threads with activity since my last visit would be in bold. Now, the only threads not in bold are those threads I have actually read since their last activity.

That's the expected behavior, if you don't click "Mark Forums Read".

Originally Posted by rknichols Wait a minute. Aren't you describing the "View New Posts" link and not "View Latest Threads"?

I was indeed, thanks - my post has been corrected.

--jeremy

Originally Posted by DavidMcCann At last I understand (hopefully). Instead of the system telling me which posts have been made since I was last here, I have to remember to tell the system what to mark before I go. What I don't understand is why that is an improvement.

It's possible that the new system is not a perceived improvement, which is why we're soliciting feedback. Keep in mind that the system was never intended to identify which posts were made since you were last visit, but which threads you have read. Without a persistent way to keep track of which thread you actually read though, your session timing out simply marked all threads "read" based on the post time (which is really not an ideal solution). Out of curiosity, what do you not like about the new system?

--jeremy

Originally Posted by jeremy That's the expected behavior, if you don't click "Mark Forums Read".

But I have been clicking on "Mark Forums Read", repeatedly. "Mark Forums Read" has absolutely no effect on the "View Latest Threads" pages.

Originally Posted by rknichols But I have been clicking on "Mark Forums Read", repeatedly. "Mark Forums Read" has absolutely no effect on the "View Latest Threads" pages.

I apologize for the confusion. The current "View Latest Threads" is a custom time based search that isn't currently aware of the new database-based thread marking system. We'll look into getting it updated.

--jeremy

I do not want "View Latest Threads" to be aware of the new database-based thread marking system. I use the "Mark all threads read" to remove zero reply entries from my CP which I am subscribed to. That is the only way to stop them from showing up in my adminCP until someone replies to them.

So I wouldn't be able to view the latest threads if I press that to get rid of the zero reply threads in my saved subscriptions. I would be cross.

SAM

sag47, "View Latest Threads" being aware of the new system wouldn't cause the threads not to show up (since that is by design a time based search), it would cause the threads before the last time you clicked "Mark all threads read" to not be bolded.

--jeremy

Ah I see. Well then that would be okay. Also rather than me having to click the scary nuclear bomb of mark all threads read it would be nice to have a thread tool to mark a single thread read since I'm working in the scope of a few zero reply threads at a time it wouldn't be a problem.

SAM