And now no thread will ever be 'read'. As soon as you return to the index, all threads are showing as unread, and any thread that you read before, that you then reopen, will start from post one again. ;-)
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:46 PM, David Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- -- Jord. _______________________________________________ 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.
