Why does forum not go to last unread post?

[xs2man]

On many of the other forums I am on, when you click into a post, you go to your last unread post. So you start where you last left a thread.

On here though, it goes to the first post since you were last logged in. This means if I didn't check a particular thread the last time I was on, I then have to scroll back, sometimes many man-sized pages, to find where I left the thread.

Why is this? Can it be changed?

 

[Hitman_Leon]

Enter thread, click "view first unread" on left side top of page above first post.

 

[Metallifux]

You don't even have to open the thread first, the first unread arrow is right next to the thread name.

 

[dl8860]

You don't even have to open the thread first, the first unread arrow is right next to the thread name.

brb my life is a lie

 

[Feek]

It doesn't work properly, sometimes it goes to the last unread post but generally it's very hit and miss. I only occasionally find that it works as expected.

 

[Metallifux]

It doesn't work properly, sometimes it goes to the last unread post but generally it's very hit and miss. I only occasionally find that it works as expected.

I'd say 99 times out of 100 it is fine for me, but yes it does sometimes get it wrong.

 

[Clum]

Enter thread, click "view first unread" on left side top of page above first post.

What witchcraft is this?!

 

[Hitman_Leon]

You don't even have to open the thread first, the first unread arrow is right next to the thread name.

That too, I usually just hit the last page link then go to first unread.

What witchcraft is this?!

Top left of every page in any thread.

 

[Uther]

View First Unread...Ten years and I never noticed that before. Days of my life, wasted.

 

[ToejaM]

OCUK has a dinosaur forum?? How dare you!

Burn him.

 

[G-MAN2004]

I've never noticed that before. I usually just scroll through everything and look for my sig.

 

[Werewolf]

I think it needs you to allow a certain amount of time between visits for it to work properly.

 

[something daft already!!]

It depends on two things I think, cookies and time. After a period of time, the forum is "cleaned", usually at night I notice it most and all new posts reset. If you browse on multiple devices, doing so, can take you back over posts you have already read, which I assume is the cookie issue.

 

[Malevolence]

It's never worked for me, even when I click on the "go to first unread post" button.

 

[unwashed potato!]

It doesn't work properly, sometimes it goes to the last unread post but generally it's very hit and miss. I only occasionally find that it works as expected.

i was under the impression it gets it wrong because it's based on when you last viewed the forum and not when you last viewed a thread, so say you post in a thread at 8am then leave, then visit the forum at 12pm but don't view that thread you'd posted in. when you then visit again at 7pm it'll show you content since 12pm even though you never viewed the thread replies between 8pm-12pm. i may be wrong but that's the conclusion i came to when noticing the last viewed gets it wrong.

 

[gjrc]

You don't even have to open the thread first, the first unread arrow is right next to the thread name.

how did i never know this?

 

[Feek]

i was under the impression it gets it wrong because it's based on when you last viewed the forum and not when you last viewed a thread, so say you post in a thread at 8am then leave, then visit the forum at 12pm but don't view that thread you'd posted in. when you then visit again at 7pm it'll show you content since 12pm even though you never viewed the thread replies between 8pm-12pm. i may be wrong but that's the conclusion i came to when noticing the last viewed gets it wrong.

Quite possible. That makes it useless as far as I'm concerned.

 

[almoststew1990]

Enter thread, click "view first unread" on left side top of page above first post.

You have revolutionised my life! sort of.

You don't even have to open the thread first, the first unread arrow is right next to the thread name.

But I knew this one!

On a related note, does anyone actually know what the various envelopes and arrows to the left of the thread title when viewing the sub forum actually mean?

 

[Werewolf]

You have revolutionised my life! sort of.



But I knew this one!

On a related note, does anyone actually know what the various envelopes and arrows to the left of the thread title when viewing the sub forum actually mean?

New posts, you've posted in the thread, no new posts, and no new posts but you've posted in it (there is also a padlock).

 

[TheSwede]

You have revolutionised my life! sort of.



But I knew this one!

On a related note, does anyone actually know what the various envelopes and arrows to the left of the thread title when viewing the sub forum actually mean?

There you go, it shows at the bottom of the page.