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25 Sep 11 - 03:09 PM (#3228814) Subject: threads viewed From: Mo the caller The title of threads I have read used to change colour, if no new messages had been posted. Now this sometimes does not happen. What's up? |
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25 Sep 11 - 03:14 PM (#3228815) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Bonnie Shaljean Yeh, happens to me too... |
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25 Sep 11 - 03:15 PM (#3228816) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Bonnie Shaljean ...like right now, with this very thread... |
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25 Sep 11 - 03:38 PM (#3228829) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: MGM·Lion Well, I've just read it and checked back ~~ & it has obligingly changed colour... ~M~ |
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25 Sep 11 - 03:46 PM (#3228833) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Bonnie Shaljean Blushing, probably ;-) After I read the last post and went outside again, the title obligingly changed to purple. Then I popped into another thread for a sec, came back out and it had gone back to pristine blue, though there were no new posts. This is only an intermittent occurrence, but it does seem to be getting more mittent by the moment. |
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25 Sep 11 - 04:05 PM (#3228838) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Mo the caller Happens to some but not all of the threads when I start the compuyer in the morning. |
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25 Sep 11 - 04:14 PM (#3228846) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Nigel Parsons It may depend on whether you are going to the list of threads by selecting "Lyrics & knowledge" at the top of the page. This should refresh the list. If you are just clicking on "back" then your browser takes you back to the threads list you saw before viwing the current discussion, and this will not always be updated to show you have read the thread. If in doubt, when on the list of threads, click the 'refresh' button & this should give you the most up-to-date list, with threads marked as read Cheers Nigel |
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25 Sep 11 - 04:41 PM (#3228855) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Bonnie Shaljean Nope. Doesn't work for me. I refresh with the button, with the L&K link, with the bookmark in my browser bar... and nowt. It sometimes turns purple for awhile, but then it sneaks back to blue, the blaggard. Happens on my other puter too. |
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25 Sep 11 - 04:55 PM (#3228858) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: GUEST,999 "but it does seem to be getting more mittent by the moment" Great line. |
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25 Sep 11 - 07:42 PM (#3228932) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Gurney The oddity for me is that the highlighting happens on a thread that I have read, but not one that I've posted on. |
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25 Sep 11 - 08:36 PM (#3228962) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: GUEST,Jon Gurney, it works on your browser knowing visited links and counting the messages posted to a thread. (&messages=XXX in the URL) When you post to a thread. messages will have a new count. Your browser will see this as a new link rather than a visited link. |
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25 Sep 11 - 09:34 PM (#3228976) Subject: RE: threads viewed From: Beer No problems here.. ad. |
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25 Sep 11 - 10:21 PM (#3228996) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Effsee I've had the same thing for the last couple of weeks...sometimes ok, but other times the thread when clicked on turns to cyan( I think that's the proper term ), then reverts to blue on the back button. Bloody annoying. Thought it was just my 'pooter, but glad to hear it's just not me! |
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25 Sep 11 - 10:55 PM (#3229007) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: catspaw49 Max hates all of you............. Spaw |
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26 Sep 11 - 12:51 AM (#3229033) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Gurney 'spaw, he told me that he hates you, too. And your donkey. |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:09 AM (#3229036) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: MGM·Lion No he doesn't ~~ how can you say such a terrible thing! ~~sniff sniff sniff. The only way to get thru life is to be convinced that Max Loves Us All! |
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26 Sep 11 - 01:43 AM (#3229041) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Don Firth Just a theory, but— I find that if I access a thread by clicking on the thread title, it changes color from blue (link) to black. But when I come back to it, if it's blue again, I know a new message has been added. However, if it's a long thread (over 50) and I access it by clicking on the right hand column (number of messages) and go to the latest page, the thread title doesn't change color. Could this be it? Don Firth |
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26 Sep 11 - 02:35 AM (#3229054) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Mo the caller No, that's not it. Usually if you click on the number or the d that changes colour but not the title. But I hardly even do that. The other odd thing is when I click on Mudcat on my 'favourites' list it takes me to the titles list as it was when I last opened Mudcat. Sometimes but maybe not always. Not sure about the 'back' button - i'll check now. |
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26 Sep 11 - 02:36 AM (#3229055) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Mo the caller It's not the back button. I opened this thread again and went back and it was purple. |
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26 Sep 11 - 02:44 AM (#3229056) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: MGM·Lion Sometimes one thing, sometimes the other. The system doesn't seem to work consistently, however it is supposed to operate. But I must say that, even in my quiet retired happily-married existence, there are elements which bug me more and cause me greater concern than these colour vagaries, at which I just shrug & turn to the next item on the agenda. ~M~ |
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26 Sep 11 - 05:22 AM (#3229104) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: GUEST,Grishka The "address" of a thread, e.g. http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=140471&messages=20, includes the number of messages. This ensures that when you click on it, your browser will fetch it anew if a message has been added. Purple usually means that the browser has it in its cache - with the given number of messages.However, our Mudelfs and Joeclones are constantly removing spam messages (thanks!). This changes the "address" of the thread as well, so your browser will display it blue when refreshing the list. Whenever I visit Mudcat, I copy the "time stamp" of the newest thread to an all-purpose text file. I check the threads from the top of the list down to the first item predating my last visit. |
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26 Sep 11 - 10:42 AM (#3229270) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Tootler I find if you click on the "Home" link that is under each message, the thread title turns purple but if you click on "Lyrics and Knowledge" then it does not - in fact all the recent visited thread links go back to blue. Similarly if you visit your personal page when you come back all the visited links have reverted to unvisited status. I have often wondered why this difference. |
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26 Sep 11 - 12:01 PM (#3229343) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Bill D I hope most are aware that YOU can decide in what colors the various situations will be displayed.... and whether they are underlined or not. You can, of course, specify what fonts are used also. It is fun to look thru the settings and preferences and make your browser behave as YOU wish. |
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27 Sep 11 - 10:01 AM (#3229903) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Mo the caller Thanks Grishka. That makes sense. Bill, isn't life complicated enough already? |
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27 Sep 11 - 10:50 AM (#3229936) Subject: RE: threads viewed-why don't they change colo(u)r? From: Bill D Life is LESS complicated when you can choose how certain parts of it work. I even use different 'skins' to make different browsers immediately identifiable. And spell checkers and security programs and music organizers,,,etc. The only complexity is getting used to how to DO the controlling...kinda like sorting your closet or cleaning the garage- tedious to do, but wonderful after it's done. |