There are a few forums that have a way of launching a thread with focus on the first unread post, though off the top of my head I don't recall any of them being as accessible overall as audiogames.net. Swings and roundabouts really,, but just thought I'd let Chris know that the functionality he's after isn't unheard of.
Scott On 12/23/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Nope, I've not seen a Punbb system that has that feature. > > You can display topics with unread posts, but not the posts individually, in > fact I tend to find such things irritating personally sinse I'd rather have > all the info there in case I need to refer back to something, and just rely > on page navigation to get to what I want. > > Beware the grue! > > dark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Bartlett" <themusicalbre...@gmail.com> > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 1:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] audiogames.net > > >> Oh, that's disappointing if there isn't a more automated method to show >> the >> most recent posts. other forum software I have used, such as that on >> http://www.burningwheel.org keeps track of read and unread posts and >> there's >> a mechanism to only see the unread ones. Ok, well, I'll work on >> developing >> strategies. >> >> Chris Bartlett >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On >> Behalf Of dark >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:41 PM >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] audiogames.net >> >> I do similar things with hal actually, though usually there I use e to get >> to the edit area of the quick reply box and then alt tab back to my own >> last >> >> post so that I can read all the people who posted after me. >> >> Beware the grue! >> >> Dark. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:24 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] audiogames.net >> >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> You don't necessarily have to read all 1,000 messages on a thread just >>> to get to the newest message/post. If you want to quickly get to the >>> bottom of a thread you can either use the h key to jump to headings, >>> or you can use control+end to get to the bottom of the page and use >>> shift+h to get to the top of the last post on a particular thread. >>> That's what I do and I can usually find the newest posts just by >>> working backwards rather than reading from the top down. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> On 12/22/11, Christopher Bartlett <themusicalbre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Ok, just joined audiogames.net and I am having some trouble doing things >>>> efficiently on the forums. (fora?, I hate that plural. *smile*) >>>> Anyhow, >> >>>> is >>>> there a clean way of tracking particular topics and only hearing the new >>>> messages since the last time I read the topic? I don't need to read the >>>> 1,037 messages in the Swamp FPS topic each time someone adds a new >>>> message. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> In general, is there a detailed help file somewhere I can read to learn >>>> all >>>> the little tricks of this forum software? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Chris Bartlett (themadviolinist) >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>> list, >>>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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