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New posts indicator

ObeyGiant · 2002-10-17 16:09:46

Up until a little while ago, there used to be an indicator in the menu bar up top telling us when a forum had a new post in it, by putting a wee asterix beside the name of the forum. This seems only to work in the "Subbed" list now. Why was it taken away? Can we have it back? I found it really handy for skimming over…

17-10-2002 5:09pm

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Up until a little while ago, there used to be an indicator in the menu bar up top telling us when a forum had a new post in it, by putting a wee asterix beside the name of the forum. This seems only to work in the "Subbed" list now.

Why was it taken away? Can we have it back? I found it really handy for skimming over boards.. I didn't have to click into them to find out there was nothing new there since the last time I checked.

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#2 17-10-2002 5:14pm

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It was taken away due to the lagging it was causing onto the whole server. Page loads became very slow and this was part of the reason... apparently.

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#3 17-10-2002 5:29pm

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If you subscribe to forums, the stars appear in the 'subbed' drop down at the top... so subscribe!!

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#4 17-10-2002 5:30pm

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If you read some of the older posts here about those "stars" you'll see why. If you are subbed to your favourite forums (as everyone SHOULD BE ) then you'll see them on that list.

DeV.

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#5 17-10-2002 7:35pm

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Personally, I'm not fond of the "subscribe" thing. Limiting the "new posts" indicator to this feature alone seems to me to discourage random browsing of boards you might only have a random interest in.

Although, if it was a huge burden on the server's resources, I can understand taking it off.

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#6 17-10-2002 7:49pm

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If posting is purely down to randomness then you would not bother to see which fora have been posted in - you would randomly click any old forum.

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#7 17-10-2002 9:51pm

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Go to http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?s= The icon beside each forum tells you if it has new posts or not.

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#8 17-10-2002 11:33pm

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Cool - that's exactly the kind of thing I hoping for.

Soon to come: part 2 of my beef with the nav menu - "accessibility"

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#9 17-10-2002 11:48pm

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Don't mention the war! (its on the list)

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#10 17-10-2002 11:52pm

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Can we see your list? It is nearly Santa seasion. I'll have my co2 powered rifle by then, ready the shoot the ****er out of the sky and steal all the presents!! muahaha

So there

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#11 18-10-2002 1:47am

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i found the <date> <time> By <poster> in the status invaluable
much more important than the stars i recon but prolly same kind of thing

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#12 18-10-2002 11:59am

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"i found the <date> <time> By <poster> in the status invaluable
much more important than the stars i recon but prolly same kind of thing"

Stratagist, When you subscribe, not only do stars come back, but that little trinket of goodness too. I have the best ideas in the world. next up, Optical mice with BALL bearings for smoothness.

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#13 18-10-2002 2:12pm

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i gathered that much already
and i prefer glass marble fragments instead of ballbearings

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#14 18-10-2002 5:29pm

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