Skip to Last Post?

*stuboy* · 09-19-2006, 12:51 PM

Is there any chance (no idea if this is possible with your board provider) to implement a little feature that would allow forum members to skip to their last post in threads? If you're following a big thread you often want to read on from where you last contributed, and it can be difficult to trawl through pages on pages to find that point.

Just an idea.

AFGNCAAP · 09-19-2006, 01:06 PM

Well, there is the "View first unread" option. Granted, it's not exactly what you ask about, as it takes you to the first post that hadn't been there the last time you opened the thread. But I believe it's actually more useful than taking you to your own last post (because you might have read past that point previously). Isn't it?

EDIT: Just in case you don't know what I am talking about (in fact, many people miss it), take a look:

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Squinky · 09-19-2006, 01:37 PM

Why does this thread make me think of people skipping in time to a bugle call?

RLacey · 09-19-2006, 03:50 PM

Because you always did like to mess around on Remembrance day?

UPtimist · 09-20-2006, 07:11 AM

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Spoiler:
Yes I have a point, the answer would be something like, oh, it wanted to see the latest posts or something...

*stepurhan* · 09-20-2006, 08:57 AM

Shouldn't that be why did the chicken skip across the road?

I think the "View Last Unread" does the job fine even if it seems to forget where I was sometimes (I'm pretty sure its something I've done wrong)

*stuboy* · 09-27-2006, 06:43 AM

Yeah, that was exactly what I was looking for. Just hadn't found it!

Panthera · 09-27-2006, 08:01 AM

When I use view first unread, it just shows me the first unread on that page.. When there's been several pages since my last read, I have to manually find my first unread post..

Trumgottist · 09-28-2006, 12:31 AM

Switch to Opera.

Panthera · 09-28-2006, 05:54 AM

But firefox works so well when it comes to everything else..

Kurufinwe · 09-28-2006, 06:04 AM

Well, Firefox works without problem for me for that too (but I click on the little arrow next to the thread's title on the threads list; maybe clicking on first unread when already in the thread behaves differently and stays on the same page?).

Panthera · 09-28-2006, 06:43 AM

Thats what the arrow is for.. Aaah.. well that works. Clicking the arrow on the main genre forum takes me to my first unread post even though it's a few pages back..

Thanks..

09-19-2006, 12:51 PM	#1
stuboy Staff Member Last Online: 09-15-2011 02:59 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 531	Skip to Last Post? Is there any chance (no idea if this is possible with your board provider) to implement a little feature that would allow forum members to skip to their last post in threads? If you're following a big thread you often want to read on from where you last contributed, and it can be difficult to trawl through pages on pages to find that point. Just an idea. __________________ (Already hates your game)

09-19-2006, 01:06 PM	#2
AFGNCAAP Dungeon Master Last Online: 05-04-2022 02:33 PM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Poland Posts: 4,152	Well, there is the "View first unread" option. Granted, it's not exactly what you ask about, as it takes you to the first post that hadn't been there the last time you opened the thread. But I believe it's actually more useful than taking you to your own last post (because you might have read past that point previously). Isn't it? EDIT: Just in case you don't know what I am talking about (in fact, many people miss it), take a look: Attachment 869 Attachment 870 __________________ What's happening? Wh... Where am I? Last edited by AFGNCAAP; 09-19-2006 at 01:16 PM..

09-19-2006, 01:37 PM	#3
Squinky Unreliable Narrator Last Online: 08-10-2012 07:03 PM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	Why does this thread make me think of people skipping in time to a bugle call? __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

09-19-2006, 03:50 PM	#4
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Last Online: 07-11-2012 11:25 PM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	Because you always did like to mess around on Remembrance day? __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

09-20-2006, 07:11 AM	#5
UPtimist Life and times of... Last Online: 04-13-2014 04:36 AM Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Up there in the mist Posts: 6,025	Why did the chicken cross the road? Spoiler: Yes I have a point, the answer would be something like, oh, it wanted to see the latest posts or something... Last edited by UPtimist; 09-20-2006 at 07:25 AM..

09-20-2006, 08:57 AM	#6
stepurhan Freeware Co-ordinator Last Online: 03-12-2018 06:31 AM Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: South East England. Posts: 7,309	Shouldn't that be why did the chicken skip across the road? I think the "View Last Unread" does the job fine even if it seems to forget where I was sometimes (I'm pretty sure its something I've done wrong) __________________ No Nonsense Nonsonnets #43 Cold Topic A thread most controversial, that’s what I want to start Full of impassioned arguments, of posting from the heart And for this stimulation all will be thankful to me On come on everybody it won’t work if you agree

09-27-2006, 06:43 AM	#7
stuboy Staff Member Last Online: 09-15-2011 02:59 PM Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 531	Yeah, that was exactly what I was looking for. Just hadn't found it! __________________ (Already hates your game)

09-27-2006, 08:01 AM	#8
Panthera female animal lover Last Online: 05-19-2012 09:16 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 1,480	When I use view first unread, it just shows me the first unread on that page.. When there's been several pages since my last read, I have to manually find my first unread post.. __________________ Pennies are never the healthy end, risk all! The Panthera Effect If you can't beat Panthera, join Panthera.. My sporadically updated blogs: Animation enthusiast, Sci-fi enthusiast and Snark, pedantry and random geekery

09-28-2006, 12:31 AM	#9
Trumgottist Game Creator Hobbyist Last Online: 05-21-2012 02:18 PM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Stockholm (or Gotland) Posts: 2,609	Switch to Opera. __________________ Play my game: Frasse and the Peas of Kejick. The Special Edition is now available! (Mac OS X or Windows.)

09-28-2006, 05:54 AM	#10
Panthera female animal lover Last Online: 05-19-2012 09:16 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 1,480	But firefox works so well when it comes to everything else.. __________________ Pennies are never the healthy end, risk all! The Panthera Effect If you can't beat Panthera, join Panthera.. My sporadically updated blogs: Animation enthusiast, Sci-fi enthusiast and Snark, pedantry and random geekery

09-28-2006, 06:04 AM	#11
Kurufinwe Senior Member Last Online: 06-02-2019 07:15 AM Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	Well, Firefox works without problem for me for that too (but I click on the little arrow next to the thread's title on the threads list; maybe clicking on first unread when already in the thread behaves differently and stays on the same page?). __________________ Currently reading: Dune (F. Herbert) Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling) [++], La Nuit des Temps (R. Barjavel) [+++] Currently playing: Skyrim Recently finished: MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst [+], The Walking Dead, ep. 1 [+++], Gray Matter [++] Last edited by Kurufinwe; 09-28-2006 at 06:14 AM..

09-28-2006, 06:43 AM	#12
Panthera female animal lover Last Online: 05-19-2012 09:16 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 1,480	Thats what the arrow is for.. Aaah.. well that works. Clicking the arrow on the main genre forum takes me to my first unread post even though it's a few pages back.. Thanks.. __________________ Pennies are never the healthy end, risk all! The Panthera Effect If you can't beat Panthera, join Panthera.. My sporadically updated blogs: Animation enthusiast, Sci-fi enthusiast and Snark, pedantry and random geekery