"New Posts" Indicator

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Brian C

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It's no biggie, but the
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indicator seems to work somewhat erratically. On first entering the forums there will generally be several new post indicators; however, when I return to the main forum list after entering a specific forum the "new posts" indicators are sometimes gone. Other times, they remain.

Is there a rhyme or reason to the behavior of this indicator? TIA.

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--+Brian+--
 
The short version is that the new post indicators are set by cookies, and when you go back to the front page, your cookie may be reset, causing your light bulbs to go off.

The long version is a bit more involved, but boils down to the same thing.

My suggestion? When you first enter the forums, right click on the links you want to check out and open a new browser window for each one until you've gone through them all. That way you'll be able to see which forums have new messages, and which ones don't without losing the bulbs on the first screen.

Spark

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Kevin Jon Schlossberg
SysOp and Administrator for BladeForums.com

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