New post time limit

**Glenn** · May 19, 2004, 07:30

Apparently there is a time limit on the "new post" display. I'm not quite sure how it works, though. It seems that as long as you are actively looking around, it won't mark all of the fora read, but if you are responding or reading, it will after a certain period of time. Then again, maybe I've just been beating the time limit.

Anyway, is there any way that this can be disabled? I looked through the User CP but I didn't see anything about it in the options. It annoys me when I am working on a response, and all of the fora get marked "read." If I haven't looked through all of them yet, I won't know what the new messages are. So I find myself having to hurry through reading all of the new posts, and then trying to remember the ones to which I wanted to respond. I think that it would be much easier (for me) to just hit "refresh" and check the new posts, than to have to go through all of them looking for new posts manually if I get caught by the time limit. If you don't want to disable it for all members all the time, could we get a personal option? I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

**Uncle Frank** · May 19, 2004, 07:50

I have to log out to see the posts! I don't know how many times I get shut out on "New Posts"! VERY aggrevating!I must lon on & off 20 times a day so I can read the older posts!

Frank

**jeisan** · May 19, 2004, 12:07

its always been like that lol, seems to be able 10-15 minutes if youre in thread view, longer for forum view.
anyway you can always use this link to get all threads active within the last 24 hours. aka the old "today's active threads"

mdchachi · May 20, 2004, 00:54

Glenn, we all have the same problem. Related discussion: http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7663

One thing you can do is go through all the posts first and right-click open each thread that you are interested in. Then go through the (possibly many) open browser windows at your leisure and let the new post search time out.

Thanks for the link, Jei, I didn't know you could do that.

**jeisan** · May 20, 2004, 05:45

youre welcome, i just copied it from the logged out version awhile back, tis useful.

Keiichi · May 20, 2004, 08:25

I try to bypass this by just opening any page to refresh your active time so it doesn't expire yet.

**Glenn** · May 26, 2004, 05:29

Thanks for the help, guys. I like jeisan's method, so I've been using that the past couple of days, and it works great. Thanks again to all of you.

bossel · Oct 5, 2004, 07:57

For some silly reason (which I already forgot) I looked in the list of today's posts a bit beyond the last stuff I had already seen before. What I found on page 3 is in the screenshot below. As you can see, there is a thread with last post from today in between posts from yesterday. How comes?

Sometimes when I opened a thread there were older posts in there which I had not yet seen, although I was pretty sure I would have opened that thread if I had noticed it in the search list. I put that down to either partial blindness or a memory hole on my side, but maybe it's a software bug?

**jeisan** · Oct 5, 2004, 08:30

thats becuase someone replied to it after you searched but before you actually got to the page it was on. it still holds it original place in your search, even though someone has replied to it unless you do a new search.

bossel · Oct 5, 2004, 08:46

Oh, of course. Should have thought of that myself!

Thanks, Jeisan!

**jeisan** · Oct 5, 2004, 08:53

hehe no problem bossel...

Lina Inverse · Oct 6, 2004, 08:41

I think the time limit after which all posts get marked read is about a quarter of an hour. So I normally help myself in having another tab open where I browse around often enough to simulate enough activity while compiling a longer reply.

May 19, 2004, 07:30	#1
Glenn 考え中 Join Date: Jan 8, 2004 Posts: 5,544	New post time limit Apparently there is a time limit on the "new post" display. I'm not quite sure how it works, though. It seems that as long as you are actively looking around, it won't mark all of the fora read, but if you are responding or reading, it will after a certain period of time. Then again, maybe I've just been beating the time limit. Anyway, is there any way that this can be disabled? I looked through the User CP but I didn't see anything about it in the options. It annoys me when I am working on a response, and all of the fora get marked "read." If I haven't looked through all of them yet, I won't know what the new messages are. So I find myself having to hurry through reading all of the new posts, and then trying to remember the ones to which I wanted to respond. I think that it would be much easier (for me) to just hit "refresh" and check the new posts, than to have to go through all of them looking for new posts manually if I get caught by the time limit. If you don't want to disable it for all members all the time, could we get a personal option? I would really appreciate it. Thank you in advance for your consideration. __________________ Avoid Mojibake! -- 文字化けを避ける！ Dictionary at Goo - English-Japanese, Japanese-English, Japanese Language Teach Yourself Japanese and Teach Yourself Japanese Message Board Jim Breen's online dictionary and kanji lookup

May 19, 2004, 07:50	#2
Uncle Frank You SPAM/We BAN ! Join Date: May 21, 2003 Location: State of Maine Age: 59 Posts: 6,715	Many Of Us Have Complained !! I have to log out to see the posts! I don't know how many times I get shut out on "New Posts"! VERY aggrevating!I must lon on & off 20 times a day so I can read the older posts! Frank __________________ TAKE WHAT I SAY WITH A GRAIN OF SUGAR !! I USED TO BE FUNNY, BUT MY WIFE HAD ME NEUTERED!

May 19, 2004, 12:07	#3
jeisan Kongming Join Date: Feb 24, 2003 Location: san antonio, texas Age: 26 Posts: 2,848	its always been like that lol, seems to be able 10-15 minutes if youre in thread view, longer for forum view. anyway you can always use this link to get all threads active within the last 24 hours. aka the old "today's active threads" __________________ Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. =[Signature Guidelines]==[User Titles]==[Forum Rules]=

May 20, 2004, 08:25	#6
Keiichi Hi Join Date: Mar 9, 2003 Posts: 818	I try to bypass this by just opening any page to refresh your active time so it doesn't expire yet. __________________ K1

Oct 5, 2004, 07:57	#8
bossel Regular Member Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: germany Posts: 1,655	Bug in "Today's posts"? For some silly reason (which I already forgot) I looked in the list of today's posts a bit beyond the last stuff I had already seen before. What I found on page 3 is in the screenshot below. As you can see, there is a thread with last post from today in between posts from yesterday. How comes? Sometimes when I opened a thread there were older posts in there which I had not yet seen, although I was pretty sure I would have opened that thread if I had noticed it in the search list. I put that down to either partial blindness or a memory hole on my side, but maybe it's a software bug? Attached Thumbnails

May 20, 2004, 00:54	#4
mdchachi Taicho Join Date: Mar 6, 2003 Location: USA (Detroit area) Posts: 687	Glenn, we all have the same problem. Related discussion: http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7663 One thing you can do is go through all the posts first and right-click open each thread that you are interested in. Then go through the (possibly many) open browser windows at your leisure and let the new post search time out. Thanks for the link, Jei, I didn't know you could do that.

May 20, 2004, 05:45	#5
jeisan Kongming Join Date: Feb 24, 2003 Location: san antonio, texas Age: 26 Posts: 2,848	youre welcome, i just copied it from the logged out version awhile back, tis useful.

May 26, 2004, 05:29	#7
Glenn 考え中 Join Date: Jan 8, 2004 Posts: 5,544	Thanks for the help, guys. I like jeisan's method, so I've been using that the past couple of days, and it works great. Thanks again to all of you.

Oct 5, 2004, 08:30	#9
jeisan Kongming Join Date: Feb 24, 2003 Location: san antonio, texas Age: 26 Posts: 2,848	thats becuase someone replied to it after you searched but before you actually got to the page it was on. it still holds it original place in your search, even though someone has replied to it unless you do a new search.

Oct 5, 2004, 08:46	#10
bossel Regular Member Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: germany Posts: 1,655	Oh, of course. Should have thought of that myself! Thanks, Jeisan!

Oct 5, 2004, 08:53	#11
jeisan Kongming Join Date: Feb 24, 2003 Location: san antonio, texas Age: 26 Posts: 2,848	hehe no problem bossel...

Oct 6, 2004, 08:41	#12
Lina Inverse Hentai Koutaishi Join Date: Apr 29, 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 1,141	I think the time limit after which all posts get marked read is about a quarter of an hour. So I normally help myself in having another tab open where I browse around often enough to simulate enough activity while compiling a longer reply. __________________ Try out the new style!

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