I agree entirely! I completely dislike the change. I typically read a few of the threads in a forum until I reach back to the point where they are ALL marked as read, which used to be the last time I visited.

Now I have to try to guess when I was last on FT, and then scan the threads until I find those last updated on my guess as to the date I last visited.

I wasted half an hour going through my user profile, thinking that somehow a preference had been switched without me knowing it. Then I read the FAQ, and found this, which statesUnfortunately, it did not mention that this was a recent change. Then I tried the search feature, and came up mostly empty handed. Of course, I was not thinking that this was an active change by the forum administrator. Often bulletin boards will have a notice when a change to functionality occurs - if there was one on FT, I missed it (and thus it was not obvious enough for the likes of me!).

I do have the satisfaction of knowing that it is not something wrong with my profile,^ that others also dislike the change,^ and that there is little likelihood of going back to the previous system.:td:

OK, I think I may want to retract this statement, at least somewhat. So now what I'm doing is -- after browsing a forum, I go to the main page of that forum and select "Forum Tools" | "Mark This Forum Read". Then I go on to the next forum. It seems like now with the new system, I can browse how I used to browse, but that it will be more precise in terms of the bold threads being new (since I marked the forum read). This method lets me "ignore" a particular forum for a few visits (e.g., a forum that isn't particularly active, like the Asia one), and then when I do decide to return to that forum, the bold threads will be the threads that are new since the last time I visited that forum, even though I may have been active in other forums in the meantime.

This definitely feels like an enhancement, however the cost of that enhancement is a few extra clicks after reading each forum. I guess I'll just adjust.

Too much work, from my perspective.

I've just done that. It meant a minimum of 64 extra clicks (for 32 forums). Actually, it was more because it was necessary to refresh certain fast-moving forums.

And I should be expected to do this every time I check FlyerTalk? :confused:

In no way can this be an enhancement.Exactly.

You only need to do it once. On the main forum page.

This reproduces the old way, and yes, you would have been missing some messages in fast moving forums the old way.

The new way, you'll never miss a message.

I still like it.

Audrey

No, I already tried that. It unbolds new unread messages, which is not what I want.

I want to read messages posted across various forums since the last time I visited. The all-in-one suggestion you make does not allow this.

Count me as someone who absolutely LOVES this change--specifically because of the reasons in the posts I've quoted below (bolding mostly mine). I ranted about why I hated the old way in this thread, and I'm BLOWN AWAY at how much more awesome my FlyerTalking experience is now. (I suppose you guys who hate this change can blame me for suggesting it! :p) I NO LONGER have to dedicate two hours to surfing FT to prevent my session from expiring and losing my read/unread thread data. I can read it in bits and chunks--if I have a 15-minute break between projects at work, I can log in, read a couple threads, and then go on my merry way, confident I will be able to pick up EXACTLY where I left off later that night, the next day, or even the following week.

The old way actually INHIBITED my FlyerTalking experience--I'd sometimes go for a week or two (once even for a full month!) without logging in (and being EXCEEDINGLY careful not to accidentally click FlyerTalk in a Google search result or in my bookmarks) just because I knew I would not have the two (or more!) hours it would take to get through all of my subscribed and unread threads.

So, count me as someone fully opposed to rolling back the change, and I express my unending thankfulness and gratitude to IB for their consideration of their userbase! :)

And for those who complain about not being able to find their just-posted threads, well, there's this magical button right below your subscribed threads on MyFlyerTalk called "View Subscribed Threads."

Here's a direct link:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/subsc...n&folderid=all

I can see that that is an advantage for you.If 'userbase' includes me, forgive me for not feeling considered.I don't have any subscribed threads, or at least I thought I didn't. Clicking on your link, I found that I did have one, just the one, from 2001. :D (Not sure how that happened.) Anyway, it is no more.

Are you suggesting that the NEW way of using FT is to subscribe to all the threads we may be interested in? Simple question. I've only been around for almost 10 years and have managed until now without this (except for that one mysterious exception 9 years ago).

If this really is the way we are expected to go, it would have been useful to have been informed of the new process. I wouldn't have recognised the problem - sorry, the 'enhancement' - if I had not bumped into this thread. Why introduce such a change without telling people? :confused:

No, I don't think anyone is (or should be) suggesting that. I only subscribe to threads that I come across that are interesting and worth following over a long period, but are in forums that I visit only infrequently. The thread only pops up on MyFlyertalk if there's something new.

I still think the 2 extra clicks per forum (Forum Tools / Mark Forum Read) is a reasonable trade-off for more accurate reporting of read vs. unread. I can see how this gets annoying for people like roger who read 30+ forums, although I question whether he actually visits all 30+ forums each time he goes to Flyertalk. Many of those forums probably don't get a lot of traffic, so you only have to visit them once every few days or once every week, and if there is a particular thread in those forums you do want to stay on top of, then you can subscribe to that specific thread.

But I don't find it necessary to visit, say, the hotel programs forums every day since the vast majority of posts there are about specific properties that I have no current interest in.

Hope that helps.

I have revised my opinion somewhat.

Although I still do not like the way threads disappear from MYFT list after I post to a thread, I am liking that unread threads hang around until I actually read them. It is nice not to frantically try to get through the list before it disappears.

I did not like that at first either, but now I do, as it shortens the list in MyFlyerTalk after reading each thread.

If new content is posted in a thread I already read, the thread simply re-appears bolded in MyFlyerTalk.

On the extremely rare occasion that I want to access a thread I already read that has no new content, I simply refer to my list of subscribed threads.

Yes, it took me some time to acclimate myself to this new way of having threads marked as read, but I have been liking it more and more as I have been using FlyerTalk.

As long threads were unbolded and sent to the bottom of the list after reading, I never cared how long the list was.

I still don't like the disappearing act because all too frequently after leaving a thread, I think of something to add or correct in my post or I want to reread someone else's post.

I'm curious -- why is this a problem? If you made the last post, then the thread has been completely read. It'll show back up in the list as soon as someone else posts to it.

Unless you're posting without reading the entire thread first... (in which case you may be repeating something someone else wrote...)

Speaking of posting without reading the entire thread ;) as I explained in the post just above yours, I don't like the disappearing act because quite often I want to go back to a thread in which I have just posted (to add a thought, subtract a thought, clarify a thought, etc. usually because my original post was careless, or rushed, or what-have you)

I can recall the titles/forums of many of the threads to which I have posted, but even so, I can't remember them all. There are often times when I post to (or simply read) a thread, close it, then think of something I'd like to add/clarify, but I can't remember precisely where the thread is located. Sometimes I go hunting for it; other times I decide it's not worth the effort.

Perhaps sad :eek: but true, spread across Miles&Points, Travel&Dining, Community and OMNI - and now Technical Issues. I could ignore OMNI, and did for quite some time, but find myself coming back.Yes, that is an advantage, though outweighed IMO by other disadvantages.Yes, this is one of the disadvantages.