Reading Only New Posts

[David Barnert]

I've developed a routine now every time I log onto this site. Before I do anything else, I click the "Read new posts" link near the top of the page. This brings up a list of topics with posts since my last visit to the site. Just to the left of each topic name is a little low square icon that, if I click it, brings up the new posts. After reading the new posts, I hit the browser's "back" button and choose a new topic from the list.

 

I am still a little unsatisfied with this. I don't know if this overlooks items that were posted while I was logged on (last time). That is, if they had not yet been posted last time I logged on but their posting times are before I logged off, will I see them next time I ask for new posts?

 

I also have my preferences set to send me e-mail notification of new posts in topics I am interested in, but this seems to work only sproradically.

 

I know I am missing posts that I find incidentally when I am looking for something else.

 

Why can't individual posts me flagged as "read" and "unread"? I see these words in some of the documentation, but I don't see any way to implement them.

 

Anybody have a better system?

[Samantha]

I have started to do this, too. Have you tried using the "My Assistant" feature? I think it's supposed to let you know if people have replied to your posts ...

Samantha

[David Barnert]

Thanks. I'm aware of the assistant, but the few times I've had a look I didn't get the sense it was adding anything.