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View first unread in thread?
MilesAhead:
This thread is sidetracked. Since Mouser doesn't chime in I can only assume the board software somehow makes it awkward to implement or everyone is fine with a chain of new posts from mixed threads. Either way it looks like no joy.
I guess I'll just switch to newest post at top of thread instead of chronological order.
wraith808:
This thread is sidetracked. -MilesAhead (November 23, 2014, 04:21 PM)
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Agreed... and good for pointing it out. And if it's not obvious, once clarified... I have no help for you. :(
IainB:
Most forums have a "view first unread" button for threads. I found one reference to pressing the "new icon" to show the first unread in the thread. Bit I don't see the icon or anything that looks like it will view the first unread post. I've been hitting "Go Down" then backing up.. kind of awkward. Is there a button that does the View First Unread in Thread function?
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-MilesAhead (November 21, 2014, 05:45 AM)
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...I can only assume the board software somehow makes it awkward to implement or everyone is fine with a chain of new posts from mixed threads. Either way it looks like no joy.
guess I'll just switch to newest post at top of thread instead of chronological order.
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-MilesAhead (November 23, 2014, 04:21 PM)
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Though it's neither a "button" nor a solution, the closest approach to a solution that I had for this same requirement was in Google Reader, which had a rather good Firefox add-in - "Google Reader Filter", that was really handy on DCF where you could have lots of new posts on the same/different threads, interspersed with new topic posts. I managed to get it so that the filter displayed only the latest post in any ongoing discussion, thus, you only saw the latest post (with a prefix "Re:") or the first post of a new topic. This got rid of all the "noise" and greatly assisted skim-reading:
MilesAhead:
No.
I am Spacely Honest.
Because i'm a Human.
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It occurs to me if you enter "none" it will be accepted.
MilesAhead:
Thanks for the tip on Google Reader. I'll take a look. :Thmbsup:
Edit: Looks like they killed it
http://www.google.com/reader/about/
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