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jmknpk2 · 11-11-2009, 03:46 AM

I thought I'd bring this up again, in case someone knows how to get what I'm looking for. When I log in for the first time, I get what I want. The new posts (since the last time I've signed in) are highlighted in bold and underlined and there is a blue checkmark box so that I can jump to the first new reply to the post. After I read a post, it is no longer highlighted (so that I know I've read it).

But, unless I read all of the new posts since the last time I've logged in, I do not get what I want. This is because only threads that have been posted since I last logged in are highlighted. What I want is for threads that were posted before the last time I logged in, but which I have not yet viewed, to remain highlighted. Another way to say this is that I would like all posts to be highlighted until I read them (not until I log out).

The reason is that I may go several weeks until I log in. Then in one session I only read a few posts, but will log in a day or so later and want to pick up right where I was, reading the backlog of posts I never got to. I am surprised that noone else sees a problem here.

I have many other forums that do exactly what I want. Only this forum does not.

Another way to state the problem is: Why does the forum treat posts that I have not read in the same way as posts I have read, simply because I have logged in?

And I'm not trying to gripe, just hoping someone knows of a setting or something I can change to get the desired affect.

11-11-2009, 03:46 AM	#7
jmknpk2 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 982	I thought I'd bring this up again, in case someone knows how to get what I'm looking for. When I log in for the first time, I get what I want. The new posts (since the last time I've signed in) are highlighted in bold and underlined and there is a blue checkmark box so that I can jump to the first new reply to the post. After I read a post, it is no longer highlighted (so that I know I've read it). But, unless I read all of the new posts since the last time I've logged in, I do not get what I want. This is because only threads that have been posted since I last logged in are highlighted. What I want is for threads that were posted before the last time I logged in, but which I have not yet viewed, to remain highlighted. Another way to say this is that I would like all posts to be highlighted until I read them (not until I log out). The reason is that I may go several weeks until I log in. Then in one session I only read a few posts, but will log in a day or so later and want to pick up right where I was, reading the backlog of posts I never got to. I am surprised that noone else sees a problem here. I have many other forums that do exactly what I want. Only this forum does not. Another way to state the problem is: Why does the forum treat posts that I have not read in the same way as posts I have read, simply because I have logged in? And I'm not trying to gripe, just hoping someone knows of a setting or something I can change to get the desired affect.