09-18-2008, 12:40 AM
GGD wrote:
[quote=AlphaDog]
[quote=Black Landlord]It seems to be half working, they turn purple until there is a new post to that thread and then they turn blue again (at least that's the behavior I observed earlier today after it was supposed to be "fixed" ) .
Well, I thought that's what "new" was for. ???
You were actually quoting me GGD
"new" shows up on thread that you have never read as well as threads that you have read, so seeing "new" doesn't tell you that it's a thread that you've read before. About the only way to tell is to look at the number of "new" posts and compare it to the total number of posts for that thread to see if you have read it. That is not something that can be easily done by glancing at a page of thread subjects.
My apologies. I was getting a bit confused trying to weed out the parts I didn't want quoted above my post.
I do understand that "new" shows up on threads I haven't read as well as those I have. That's what makes the color change so valuable. If the color of a thread I've been following stays a different color, I can tell at a quick glance if there are any new messages since I last looked at it. When all titles revert to the same color after I leave the site and come back, I have to sit here and read the titles again to find the one(s) I might be looking for. That's how it had been, and I consider it a much more important feature than quibbling over font size or smileys. Yes, I'm hungry. And cranky. So I'm leaving now to meet a friend for dinner. I'd say something like "and I expect this to be fixed when I get back!", but I know that's unreasonable. Tomorrow is another day, and I'm a hopeful person. I would insert a smiley so you know I'm just kinda putting you guys on, but... It's a sensitive subject right now, so I'll pass.