That solution doesn't do what I want it to.
Ah yeah!!!
Yeah but then you have to scroll back up and find out where you actually was ?
nothing better than someone listening to their customers user experience!
You must be confusing two issues. Because the one where you are not taken to the first unread post and, instead, are taken to the top of the thread clearly shows the "Jump to New" button as demonstrated by The Joker above.nothing better than someone listening to their customers user experience!
im a bloody mod and I am telling you it happens and its an utter ballache. doesn't matter if it shouldn't happen or you say it doesn't happen because my perception (and my reality) is it does happen! clearly I am not alone.
When you enter a thread with the matrix deciding you should start from the first post, if you press "show latest post" it takes you to the most recent post. If there have been 10 posts since you last viewed the thread, it skips 9 to take you to the most recent post.
I've never really thought much about this and navigation now is learned behaviour for me but when a thread shows as unread, using the thread link always takes you to the first unread post whereas banana's suggestion, which I'm pretty certain I've never used, takes you to the latest post (i.e the last one). I can look into seeing if there is a better way.
Ah, I see what you mean. I've never considered this annoying and I guess it's because I can understand why it does this. If the forum software knew where your first unread post was it would have taken you there when you clicked the thread. It's doesn't so it takes you to the first post. You then click "Jump to New" which takes you to the only other place the forum software knows, which is the last post. So you are left to locate the first unread post yourself. This happens to me very rarely and I suspect that Les will be unable to find a solution other than to extend the "last read keep time" which may have other, unintended consequences (it doesn't mean we won't change it, and in fact we may do so). This won't eliminate the problem, it will only make it happen to you more infrequently (and when it does you will probably have to scroll back even futher).
My simple head says "extend the time between the the restart". So if the system thinks "Mr Les hasn't read (x) thread for 2 weeks, let me take him to the first post" maybe changing that to 4 weeks or 8? No idea how feasible that actually is
For 100,000 users it's quite a bit and makes it slower to find your entry and costs more money to keep. Nothing is free, both in terms of time and money
It's currently 30 days. If someone hasn't read a thread for 30 days, they're not trying hard enough.
What about a button that says "first post today" rather than "latest post"?
Oh okay, I think (with me anyway) it is more the threads that haven't been posted on in 30+ days get bumped and then it's a faff finding out where I was if I don't catch it early enough. Makes more sense now, and doubt a "first post today" button (#170) would help too much as if you miss a day it rules that redundant
I pretty certain that "Jump to New" takes you to your first unread post. No idea why clicking on a thread doesn't immediately take you there however
Reading this again. If you press "show latest post" then it is correct that it takes you to the "most recent post" which will be the last post in the thread
I assume it’s ordered by how much users have chipped in to Banana’s Yacht Fund
Isn’t it in the order of when the poster first subscribed to the GPG?
probably the order in which the software finds it in the database index. i.e. it's unsorted.
Looks like to me that it's on order of when the poster joined. It is that what banana means?
No. I mean the order in which the software finds it in the database. Which is definitely not the same as a list of users sorted by their joining date.
