On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Mark Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The best approaches for these two is either a Usenet approach where
> > the system records what you've read (probably unfeasable)
>
> Actually, I implemented this when I was at LJ.
>
> It worked as long as you used the same browser. If you went to a
> different system, it wouldn't know where you were.
>
> The code never got committed because I never finished it - security is
> a big concern with cookies - but the feasibility is there. (Even
> though, if this is implemented, it very well might not be with
> cookies. It may be just a user preference/value thing where we store
> the last stuff you saw and then take you back to that point in
> time...)
>
> Mark Smith / xb95
> [email protected]
> ___________________
>
Seconded on the request for this feature... it would an absolute must-have
for fan-fic communities!
It would make multi-part stories much, much easier to follow for those of us
that don't have the time to sit down and read all the way though from the
beginning in one go. [which is pretty much everyone]
Although, not cookies... I and probably others, flush my cache when I close
the browser. [it's a security thing].
--
Silicon.shaman
Cogito ergo periculosus.
[ I think, therefore I'm dangerous ].
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