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    #32
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users Posts: 30,264 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    Aghhhh!! Guys, when I clicked on subbed I used to have the oppertunity of clicking a link to the latest post made no?

    click the number of posts


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    #33
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    Ghost Train wrote: »
    click the number of posts
    Thanks!


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    #34
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Tallon wrote: »
    This is what I thought of when I read that comment...


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAO68_IqIu4

    Ah come on, give me some credit! I've been a software engineer, web developer (front and back end) and a sys admin twice before I came to this job :D


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    #35
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Dav wrote: »
    Ah come on, give me some credit! I've been sending emails, recieving emails, deleting emails... using a mouse, a keyboard..

    FYP :D


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    #36
    Willbbz
    Registered Users Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    Wonder if a Facebook 'Like' button for each thread is next on it's way


    New update is looking well though!
    +1


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    #37
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    TouchingVirus wrote: »
    Can you come up with a suitable antonym? I can't - renounce forum just doesn't seem appropriate :p

    Why not just 'Stop following'? Don't see why it has to be a single word. Not that I care really, just saying.

    edit: I guess with the word 'thread' in the button as well it would be a bit cramped. Nevermind. ...Although does the word 'thread' need to be in there? It's redundant, no?


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    #38
    Plowman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Plowman


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    #39
    Teferi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    I'm not seeing a "follow forum" button anywhere...?


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    #40
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It only appears in the default skin. If you're not using the default skin, you won't see the new buttons.


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    #41
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    seamus wrote: »
    It only appears in the default skin. If you're not using the default skin, you won't see the new buttons.

    I'm on the beta skin


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    #42
    banquo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    It's very good. Fair play to the dev.


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    #43
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    seamus wrote: »
    It only appears in the default skin. If you're not using the default skin, you won't see the new buttons.
    I'm using Beta and it shows up fine


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    #44
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    This release is for default and Beta Skin users. Default because thats what the vast vast vast majority of people use and Beta because thats what we are working on for the future.

    DeV.


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    #45
    Teferi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,320 ✭✭✭Teferi


    seamus wrote: »
    It only appears in the default skin. If you're not using the default skin, you won't see the new buttons.

    Ah thank you very much. :)


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    #46
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users Posts: 18,919 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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    #47
    DeepBlue
    Registered Users Posts: 3,673 ✭✭✭DeepBlue


    The Buttons look a bit.....clunky. No doubt the devs will make a better job of them over time and they will blend in better.


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    #48
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,502 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    If you say you want to follow a thread and ask for instant email when someone posts, do you continue to get emails every time someone posts, or do you just get the one until you check the thread? I'm thinking of a thread that catches on and you could have 20 emails an hour later?


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    #49
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Very good upgrade. Very handy.:D


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    #50
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Where are the Private listed forums? They are not under my forums....


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    #51
    Ross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭Ross


    mike65 wrote: »
    Where are the Private listed forums? They are not under my forums....
    The private forums filter was causing issues (often just contained forums you had been banned/unbanned from or places like Soccer, difficult to explain to new users, etc).

    You'll probably find most of your private forums under the "Hosted" filter, but ideally you'd follow your private forums so that they all appear under the "My Forums" tab.


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    #52
    Ross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭Ross


    looksee wrote: »
    If you say you want to follow a thread and ask for instant email when someone posts, do you continue to get emails every time someone posts, or do you just get the one until you check the thread? I'm thinking of a thread that catches on and you could have 20 emails an hour later?
    You get one every time someone posts. For fast moving threads (like chat threads) it would not be ideal to subscribe to instant email notifications.
    Edit: On reflection, this is actually incorrect. You get a notification on new reply, but don't get more (for that thread) until you visit the site again.

    Of course, if it turns out to be a surprise fast moving thread, most modern email clients "thread" the mails so they don't clutter your inbox, or you can unsubscribe from email notifications using either the link at the end of each notification mail, or through your Control Panel.


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    #53
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Do you think there will ever be an "Instant" notification of new threads option, when 'following' a forum?

    Like the changes so far, makes subscribing and unsubscribing to threads far easier.


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    #54
    Ross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭Ross


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Do you think there will ever be an "Instant" notification of new threads option, when 'following' a forum?

    I hope so, I think it would be very useful.

    New threads don't appear quite as often as people might think either, there's a lot of posting in forums like After Hours, but only about 30 new threads a day. For what is probably the fastest moving forum on the site, that's not a huge number of mails to get in one day ( though it would be more than I would personally want to receive :) )

    That said, need to be careful to try and ensure people don't accidentally opt in to receiving that many mails when they follow a forum like AH, since it's also probably one of those places new users tend to stumble across.


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    #55
    Cloud
    Registered Users Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Great idea folks - much more intuitive than Subbed :)


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    #56
    Blowfish
    Registered Users Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    Would having a filter which combined both My Threads and My Forums not make sense? As it is now I'm 'following' several forums but also have automatic 'following' switched on for when I post in a thread.

    With this I end up with a fair amount of duplication accross the two. It'd be nice if we could have it all in one filter on the front page.


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    #57
    Nate--IRL--
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Nate--IRL--


    seamus wrote: »
    It only appears in the default skin. If you're not using the default skin, you won't see the new buttons.

    Boooo!

    Anyway, great additions. All I want now is a way to remove After Hours from the Latest Posts section of the front page and I'll be happy.

    Nate


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    #58
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Maybe it's my imagination, but i thought that when i clicked into a subscribed thread after posting/reading it, it brought me back to where i stopped.(I know it does this on mobile boards,so i could be getting mixed up) Now when i click into it,it just brings me back to the beginning..was it always like this?

    Oh,but i'm liking the new following bit-much easier.


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    #59
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Good work. I suggested something just like this nearly two years ago, I was wondering when it was going to happen


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    #60
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Can you turn off the auto follow on threads when you post in them?

    I just changed to beta and was getting new post notifications for threads I haven't posted in for a long time.

    Even if there was a expiry option e.g. if haven;t posted in thread in 1 month, remove sub.


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    #61
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Can you turn off the auto follow on threads when you post in them?

    It's in 'Edit Options'.

    Scroll down to: Default Thread Subscription Mode.


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