last visit timestamp change?
Nov 25, 2001 | 9:24 am
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last visit timestamp change?
I always use the back button on my browser to return to the previous page & topic list after reading and/or posting.
About a week ago, I replaced my old Win 95 machine with IE 5.5 with a new XP machine with IE 6.0. I'm noticing a change in flyertalk board behavior.
When I come to the board, the last visit timestamp is correct (yellow lightbulbs on topics with unread messages). If I read and then back-button return to the topic list, it's still correct. But if I POST, then when I return to the topic list, it seems the timestamp is now reset, and almost all topics are showing as all-read.
Did the board software change? Or is this an IE5.5 vs 6.0 difference? Or is there some IE option that I need to set to get back to the way it used to behave?
Thanks,
swag
About a week ago, I replaced my old Win 95 machine with IE 5.5 with a new XP machine with IE 6.0. I'm noticing a change in flyertalk board behavior.
When I come to the board, the last visit timestamp is correct (yellow lightbulbs on topics with unread messages). If I read and then back-button return to the topic list, it's still correct. But if I POST, then when I return to the topic list, it seems the timestamp is now reset, and almost all topics are showing as all-read.
Did the board software change? Or is this an IE5.5 vs 6.0 difference? Or is there some IE option that I need to set to get back to the way it used to behave?
Thanks,
swag
Nov 26, 2001 | 8:55 am
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Updating this: It's not posting that resets my timestamp. It's right-clicking on a thread or message and choosing to Open in New Window.
But on my old machine, that didn't affect the timestamp unless I went to the forum listing page. As long as the new window stayed in the thread, there was no affect.
Ideas?
But on my old machine, that didn't affect the timestamp unless I went to the forum listing page. As long as the new window stayed in the thread, there was no affect.
Ideas?
Nov 26, 2001 | 12:09 pm
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Well, we haven't changed the software in a while...
There's sometimes been a timestamp/multiple post problem with navigating the boards using a browser's back/forward buttons, depending on what browser you're using.
It sounds like your browser is caching some pages, while loading others. If the page is cached, then there probably won't be a change in the lightbulbs. But if you open the page in a new window, then that may cause the system to get the latest stamp info.
Instead of using Back/Forward, have you tried using the built-in navigation that UBB provides? The Forum hierarchy navigation at the top of the screen...
I don't think that'll help the problem you;re having with opening new threads in new windows, but it might solve the other issue you brought up.
There's sometimes been a timestamp/multiple post problem with navigating the boards using a browser's back/forward buttons, depending on what browser you're using.
It sounds like your browser is caching some pages, while loading others. If the page is cached, then there probably won't be a change in the lightbulbs. But if you open the page in a new window, then that may cause the system to get the latest stamp info.
Instead of using Back/Forward, have you tried using the built-in navigation that UBB provides? The Forum hierarchy navigation at the top of the screen...
I don't think that'll help the problem you;re having with opening new threads in new windows, but it might solve the other issue you brought up.