"NEW" Icon

[Jphila20]

Hope this is the right forum.

I am now seeing the "NEW" icon on posts. How is this triggered? If it triggers when someone just views it, then it's a little misleading. When I check some of the posts I see that some are many years old. Could this be changed to when a new post is actually added to the original post?

Thanks!

John

 

[RaleighGuy]

It indicates a new unread post in a thread, viewing the thread removes the icon. Kind of redundant since if there was no new post it wouldn't be moved to the top of the pile.

 

[belvdr]

It seems to be threads that have new posts, which haven't been read by you.

 

[belvdr]

It indicates a new unread post in a thread, viewing the thread removes the icon. Kind of redundant since if there was no new post it wouldn't be moved to the top of the pile.

I think the threads are sorted by last post date. Thus, you could have a thread with no "new" posts above a thread with "new" posts.

 

[RaleighGuy]

I think the threads are sorted by last post date. Thus, you could have a thread with no "new" posts above a thread with "new" posts.

Depends how you set it, I guess, all the top of the pile posts on my computer are most recent though I do not remember where I set the sort at.

 

[belvdr]

Depends how you set it, I guess, all the top of the pile posts on my computer are most recent though I do not remember where I set the sort at.

Each time I enter a forum, it defaults to sorting by Last Message in descending order (latest first). You can see that in the Filters button in the top right of a forum.

 

[GTR8000]

I was the one who asked Lindsay to implement this feature. It's not redundant, but rather it comes in handy when viewing your Watched Threads listing with the dark theme on a mobile. It's not always easy to distinguish the bold thread title font that indicates unread posts in a thread, so the NEW icon makes it more obvious.

Use the Mark forums read feature to "reset" the entire forum. From that point on, only threads that have posts unread by you will display the NEW icon.

 

[RaleighGuy]

..

 

[belvdr]

FWIW, I use the "New Posts" feature to keep up to date:

New posts

forums.radioreference.com

The only downside is you can't filter it; it shows you everything across the entire forum.

 

[GTR8000]

Here's an example...much easier to pick out, especially as our eyes get older...

 

[KevinC]

I was the one who asked Lindsay to implement this feature. It's not redundant, but rather it comes in handy when viewing your Watched Threads listing with the dark theme on a mobile. It's not always easy to distinguish the bold thread title font that indicates unread posts in a thread, so the NEW icon makes it more obvious.

Use the Mark forums read feature to "reset" the entire forum. From that point on, only threads that have posts unread by you will display the NEW icon.

But people will probably still blame me.

 

[GTR8000]

But people will probably still blame me.

I blame you for not having moved this thread to the Forums Admin section yet. Slacker.

 

[KevinC]

I blame you for not having moved this thread to the Forums Admin section yet. Slacker.

See. No matter what it’s somehow my fault. I give up.

 

[Jphila20]

Hey, I'm not blaming anyone.

 

[RaleighGuy]

@Jphila20 Not sure why it isn't working for you but when I chose a random thread marked new

Opened and scrolled through posts to the end


And exited out, it cleared the new for me

 

[Jphila20]

Found the issue on the "New" not disappearing. You have to hit forum folder at the top. If you just do the back arrow it doesn't go away.

Thanks!

 

[belvdr]

Found the issue on the "New" not disappearing. You have to hit forum folder at the top. If you just do the back arrow it doesn't go away.

Thanks!

The back arrow on a web browser does not cause a page to reload from the server. That behavior is consistent across all sites and browsers.