I've improved the pagination features and deployed on SETI@home. -- David On 11-Jul-2012 10:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > My thought is that the unread marks should only be dropped for the current > page, not the entire thread. > > jm7 > > > |------------> > | From: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |"Josef W. Segur" <[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | To: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |<[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Date: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |07/11/2012 11:45 AM > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Subject: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |Re: [boinc_dev] Feature request: add pages to long threads on websites > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |------------> > | Sent by: | > |------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > |<[email protected]> > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > My comments yesterday were based on adding pagination *without* removing > the old useful features. That is, my idea was that those who were satisfied > by the previous features could simply set the page size extremely large. I > would have done so, but kept the settings to show only the original post > and the 20 most recent which has worked well for years given dial-up and > visiting the forums daily. > > Others have commented on the jump to first unread, I observe that it does > work *if* the first unread is on the first page loaded. If not, navigating > to subsequent pages drops the unread marking on that and subsequent posts. > That obviously needs fixing. > > I agree with what others have noted about navigation, but if a list of > pages is displayed it will need to have elipses when there are many pages. > I'd rather avoid pagination altogether, but being able to get to a desired > page without resorting to editing in the browser's address field is > desirable. > -- > Joe > > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:46:35 -0400, David Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I added a "posts per page" preference, >> which replaces the existing preferences. >> This is deployed on SETI@home. >> Please comment. >> -- David >> >> On 08-Jul-2012 2:53 PM, Raistmer wrote: >>> It's impossible to operate with long threads on websites powered with > BOINC >>> via SAT or mobile network connections, they just can load to the end. > AFAIK >>> it's common practice to split long threads on separate pages. Why BOINC > web >>> software ignores this common practice ? Please, add splitting to pages > if >>> thread length exceeds user-defined (in web prefs) number of messages. > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >
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