unread posts

[jeanne]

When I click on unread posts, I will see a list of what I haven't read yet.  Sometimes, when I go back later and hit unread posts, there is nothing there -- even though I haven't read all the posts from the first time I clicked.  ??? ??? ???

[Dumpsterkitty]

It will do that if you log out before looking at everything you want to read-it's counting the last visit (log-in), not whether you opened everything on the list.  At home I'm logged in all the time, but at work the network will "dump" my log-in every so often.  And I have that happen when I don't read what's on the list at work, then log-in at home-the list is cleared since the "visit" count was on the work 'puter. 

Now, don't tell Shaky, but when that happens & I know there's a bunch of stuff I'm missing, I go to the KFC board & scroll through the highlights for what I missed...

Ei

[Shaky]

This usually works for me.

[Kris G.]

This usually works for me.

This is what I use too, Shaky. Even when I haven't logged out, it sometimes shows nothing to read and when I click this, a whole bunch of unread topics will appear.

[Dumpsterkitty]

This usually works for me.

This is what I use too, Shaky. Even when I haven't logged out, it sometimes shows nothing to read and when I click this, a whole bunch of unread topics will appear.

I'll use that too when I want to be sure I didn't miss anything.  I use KFC when I know there's a small handful and I want to scan them quickly for what I know I saw on the list before the list disappeared...

Ei

[Shaky]

I'll use that too when I want to be sure I didn't miss anything.  I use KFC when I know there's a small handful and I want to scan them quickly for what I know I saw on the list before the list disappeared...

What about View As Unthreaded from the FORUM menu?

[Dumpsterkitty]

I'll use that too when I want to be sure I didn't miss anything.  I use KFC when I know there's a small handful and I want to scan them quickly for what I know I saw on the list before the list disappeared...

What about View As Unthreaded from the FORUM menu?

It shows the whole post, so it can take several plus pages.  And if there are particular posts that I choose to not look at, particularly those with embedded pictures that I don't care to look at, I can't avoid looking at them scrolling through that way.  For instance, during the oil spill crisis, I personally did not want to see any more pictures of oil soaked birds and animals.  Not that I wasn't as concerned and saddened as anyone else-I certainly was-but it was giving me nightmares, so I chose to avoid those posts.  I couldn't escape them in the view unthreaded view (except those with attachments, but we don't want to use that as it wastes space).

The KFC summary format allows me to browse the titles/first line and decide if I want to see the full version.

This, of course, is only when I don't keep up on my show unread posts which doesn't happen often. 

Ei

[jeanne]

This usually works for me.

I never saw that! 
jeanne
the reading teacher who doesn't read