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Topic: Suggestion: click on "watched" threads should not bring you to first page. (Read 698 times)
September 26, 2014, 09:50:40 AM
Of course if something looks like a useful feature there is a high chance it actually exists and you don't notice!
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September 26, 2014, 09:01:59 AM
Click on the "new" icon, it links to the first unread post.
September 26, 2014, 08:51:32 AM
I find it a waste of time everytime I click on my "watched" threads in the watchlist, to always arrive on the first page of the threads.
One possible consequence also (not sure if there are any kind of condition/filter for this), is that it increases the "view counter" twice (one for first page, then one for later page of interest) everytime somebody go to a thread through the watchlist.
When threads are watched by a given user, it assumes the user knows about them already, and is interested in following the new stuff that will come in the future.
So I think ideally it should point directly to the first post not read by the user. I assume the relevant post is accessible somehow in the DB, since the watchlist mechanism is able to tell you when there is a new post in a thread, therefore it knows which last post you've read there.
If it is not possible, it should point to the latest post of the thread, this would be at least more often correct (ie, what the user wants to read) than the current mechanism.
One possible consequence also (not sure if there are any kind of condition/filter for this), is that it increases the "view counter" twice (one for first page, then one for later page of interest) everytime somebody go to a thread through the watchlist.
When threads are watched by a given user, it assumes the user knows about them already, and is interested in following the new stuff that will come in the future.
So I think ideally it should point directly to the first post not read by the user. I assume the relevant post is accessible somehow in the DB, since the watchlist mechanism is able to tell you when there is a new post in a thread, therefore it knows which last post you've read there.
If it is not possible, it should point to the latest post of the thread, this would be at least more often correct (ie, what the user wants to read) than the current mechanism.
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