Problem with "You last visited" and "Go to first new post"?

[StevePritchard]

For a couple of days now, I've been having problems with the forums. When I log in, the "You last visited:" seems to be out of date, and consequently (I'm guessing) the list of bold threads with the "Go to first new post" icon is very long. If I log out and back in, then the last visited date and time seems to update, but it never used to be like this.

Is this a problem on my PC (I've tried deleting cookies), or is it a problem with the forum?

Cheers,

Steve.

[denco7]

For a couple of days now, I've been having problems with the forums. When I log in, the "You last visited:" seems to be out of date, and consequently (I'm guessing) the list of bold threads with the "Go to first new post" icon is very long. If I log out and back in, then the last visited date and time seems to update, but it never used to be like this.

Is this a problem on my PC (I've tried deleting cookies), or is it a problem with the forum?

Cheers,

Steve.

Same happening here, posts I know I read yesterday are still coming up in bold ( unread )

[StevePritchard]

Hmmm... so maybe it isn't just me then. I've tried logging in from different PCs, and it still seems a bit screwed up. :(

Fingers crossed for a quick solution.

Cheers,

Steve.

[DaveShaw]

There was a change made to the backend that caused the problem.

The check to see which posts you have read is done by user ID instead of by cookie ID.

If you mark the entire forum read (Quick Links, Mark Forums Read), then it will work fine from then on.

Thanks
Dave

[galaxys]

this has been driving me nuts the last few days...I'll try the check all read now!

[StevePritchard]

There was a change made to the backend that caused the problem.

The check to see which posts you have read is done by user ID instead of by cookie ID.

If you mark the entire forum read (Quick Links, Mark Forums Read), then it will work fine from then on.

Thanks
Dave
Thanks Dave - that seems to work great.

Cheers,

Steve.

[StevePritchard]

I think I spoke too soon...

Am I missing something. I'm sure it used to be that when I visited a forum, the threads that had been updated since I last visited were highlighted (well, emboldened).

Now it appears that it's every thread that I haven't read, or explicitly set as read, gets highlighted.

I prefer the previous behaviour - is that an option I can set?

Cheers,

Steve.

[DaveShaw]

I think I spoke too soon...

Am I missing something. I'm sure it used to be that when I visited a forum, the threads that had been updated since I last visited were highlighted (well, emboldened).

Now it appears that it's every thread that I haven't read, or explicitly set as read, gets highlighted.

I prefer the previous behaviour - is that an option I can set?

Cheers,

Steve.

I think with the old behaviour the unread posts "timed" after a while and marked all posts read for you (probably when the cookie expired). With this new one I don't think it forget's what you have and haven't read or has been updated (ever).

I used to use "Mark forums read" with the old system when I had read all I wanted to just to get a clean start, I do the same with the new one - no real difference for me :)

Thanks
Dave

[deedee]

Same as Steve with me, it used to flag all old posts as read when i logged out and logged back in later in the day, now its only flagging as read those that i specifically read. Looks like I am going to have to get used to the "Mark all Read" function. Oh well, that's progress. :)

[StevePritchard]

Must admit - I think it's a backward step. Can I have the old behaviour back please?

Cheers,

Steve.

[scotchua]

Must admit - I think it's a backward step. Can I have the old behaviour back please?

Cheers,

Steve.

I actually disagree, I very much enjoy the fact that a lot of threads aren't getting marked as read when i have't read them.

[stylez]

Oh and i just thought it was just me it's starting to do my bonce in bigtime, thank god i found this thread as otherwise Dave you would have just had a PM :D

[StevePritchard]

I actually disagree, I very much enjoy the fact that a lot of threads aren't getting marked as read when i have't read them.
It seems that there's a few things we aren't going to agree on.

I can understand that if you are going to go through culling threads to put into one large Q&A thread, then being able to break that up into multiple sessions is going to be a benefit. However, for me, if there's a thread that I haven't visited during a visit, then it's for a reason (probably to ensure I don't offer any contribution to it?) and will most likely be due to the title indicating it's not of specific interest to me, although that won't be of concern soon, as I'll only have to look at one thread. ;)

Cheers,

Steve.

[scotchua]

It seems that there's a few things we aren't going to agree on.

I can understand that if you are going to go through culling threads to put into one large Q&A thread, then being able to break that up into multiple sessions is going to be a benefit. However, for me, if there's a thread that I haven't visited during a visit, then it's for a reason (probably to ensure I don't offer any contribution to it?) and will most likely be due to the title indicating it's not of specific interest to me, although that won't be of concern soon, as I'll only have to look at one thread. ;)

Cheers,

Steve.

Yes, I browse virtually every day the Kaiser general, Kaiser Rom, Kaiser Software, Diamond Software, Diamond Roms, Raphael, Raphael software, Raphael Rom, Development & Hacking, About XDA-Developers, & General Sections. So you could see how for some of us merely cleaning up just the 25 random question threads started every day wouldn't alleviate that problem.

[tdusen]

Must admit - I think it's a backward step. Can I have the old behaviour back please?

Cheers,

Steve.

I agree. I'd like the old timed behavior back.