Stubborn threads

Beecham · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:03 am Post subject: Stubborn threads

Has anyone else had a problem with "stubborn threads?" I hit Mark all topics read, it says they're marked read, and lo and behold those same damn threads stubbornly insist there're new posts. It happens often as hell, and I've checked, it definately isn't someone posting between me hitting the button and the screen loading, it's the same old posts I tried to mark as read.

Trevoke · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:14 am Post subject:

-might- be a cookie problem.
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Axiose · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:15 am Post subject:

I have the same problem sometimes, but I usually just hit refresh on my browser and it sorts it out.
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Solitude · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:

Yeah I have the same problem and like Fliktor I hit the refresh button it is fixed.

Elc · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:

Once you've marked it read, try clicking the "Forum Index" link. This generally loads the most recent update of the index page, which should indicate the forum(s) you marked as read. Or perhaps the system was in a whimsical mood and thought you meant "Mark all topics red." :wink:
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Solitude · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:57 am Post subject:

Haha red. Yeah I've noticed though that even when I do such things it still not working. Thats only a recent occurence though (recent as in the last hour or so)

Beecham · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:18 am Post subject:

Even reloading doesn't help. I reload the individual board, still there. I reload the main forum index, and good old Fire's still staring up at me. I usually have to hit to mark it read twice or sometimes three times. It's -sorta- be working lately, but it never happened every time before either, so I don't think I'm willing to believe it's passed yet.

Solitude · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:11 am Post subject:

Well It seems fixed for me so I don't know what to tell you. It's not that important but yeah it's annoying I guess. You'll probably just have to suck it up as it's a minor detail.

Beecham · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

Oh, I've been sucking it up, just thought I'd let people know; I was also curious if I'm alone. Trevoke might be right, it could be a weird cookie problem. Dunno. Either way I've been dealing with it for about a month now before even saying anything, so I think it won't kill me to continue to do so for a bit longer.

Sage · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

I've been having somewhat the exact opposite problem. Sometimes (about 1/4 times) when I log on, all messages are read. I've checked and there have been many new posts since my last visit.
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Elc · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

FF6Sage, I sometimes have the problem if the page times out, or I get tired of waiting and try the link again. (that doesn't happen so much now that the board's load time is much faster) It also seems to happen if your browser crashes as opening your browser again and returning to the site counts as a new visit, thus only the posts nade after the time of the crash will show up as new, which sucks if your browser crashed before you could even read any of the messages.
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Sage · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

It did happen a lot during the infamous slow down, but I kinda figured that was the case. My browser hasn't crahsed yet so that's not it. This just appears to occur randomly, about 3-4 times this week that I recall. It's not that big a deal.
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Cedric · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

Harukaze, did you check the sticky topics? It seems only the sticky topics show no difference between read posts and new posts in the topic. The normal posts change into fire symbols when there's something new, and the announcements flash the Blue Moon when there's something new there.

As for the stickys, I see no difference at all.
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Solitude · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject:

I always wondered why the sticky topics never changed. I always miss new posts in the because of that.

Elc · Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the sticky icon never changes regardless of whether there is a new post or not, but the small rectangular "document" icon beside it will be orange if there are new posts, but it is easy to miss that and it's happened to me a few times.
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