Early Out
02-05-2007, 12:22 AM
For as long as I've used these forums, I've noticed that sometimes, when returning, threads that I'd already read would be marked "unread" again - this usually happened when I'd looked at everything or used the Forum Options pull-down to mark everything as read, then returned to the forums a short time later. I don't mean that there were actually new posts - the same "unread" markers were simply turned back on.
Now there's a new, different problem. When I arrive in the forums, two or three categories are marked "unread," and there are new posts. But as soon as I click on one category, like General Questions, all of the "unread" markers disappear (from all categories, all threads), and the only way I can tell what I haven't seen is to look at the last post times.
Edit - this doesn't happen on every visit. Just once in a while. The intermittent problems are so much more fun, aren't they?
It feels as if an attempt to cure the original problem has produced a new problem that's actually somewhat worse!
Now there's a new, different problem. When I arrive in the forums, two or three categories are marked "unread," and there are new posts. But as soon as I click on one category, like General Questions, all of the "unread" markers disappear (from all categories, all threads), and the only way I can tell what I haven't seen is to look at the last post times.
Edit - this doesn't happen on every visit. Just once in a while. The intermittent problems are so much more fun, aren't they?
It feels as if an attempt to cure the original problem has produced a new problem that's actually somewhat worse!