For the most part the forums hear are slick and I enjoy them. But I find it hard to filter on and skim new messages. Some of the issues:
Too many clicks. Instead of a drop down with a link "see new messages since last visit", I have to click on the Forums button, then on the Tools button and select "new messages", then I have to select "Since last visit" from a dropdown menu on a form field, then I have to click Filter. Then, after reading and responding for a while, if I want to check for new messages, I have to navigate to the forum home page, rather than a toolboar appearing no matter when in the forum I am.
"Since last visit" should now include the current session. If I go to the forum and read any message before searching for new messages since last visit, I will get no or very few messages. It will treat my "last visit" as my current visit.
No way to filter on Unread messages. I don't understand why there is a "mark all messages as read" option under tools if there is no option to show unread messages.
By way of comparison, ENWorld is a clunky and ugly forum, but it is very easy to quikly filter on posts and threads you have not yet read.
Yes, agree on all counts. I posted something similar. If I could just get notifications of new posts or replies or quotes without getting spammed a hundred emails a day, that would be great.
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"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
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This is not a bug but a feature request.
For the most part the forums hear are slick and I enjoy them. But I find it hard to filter on and skim new messages. Some of the issues:
Too many clicks. Instead of a drop down with a link "see new messages since last visit", I have to click on the Forums button, then on the Tools button and select "new messages", then I have to select "Since last visit" from a dropdown menu on a form field, then I have to click Filter. Then, after reading and responding for a while, if I want to check for new messages, I have to navigate to the forum home page, rather than a toolboar appearing no matter when in the forum I am.
"Since last visit" should now include the current session. If I go to the forum and read any message before searching for new messages since last visit, I will get no or very few messages. It will treat my "last visit" as my current visit.
No way to filter on Unread messages. I don't understand why there is a "mark all messages as read" option under tools if there is no option to show unread messages.
By way of comparison, ENWorld is a clunky and ugly forum, but it is very easy to quikly filter on posts and threads you have not yet read.
Yes, agree on all counts. I posted something similar. If I could just get notifications of new posts or replies or quotes without getting spammed a hundred emails a day, that would be great.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.