It was an add on or customized feature a few years ago when we updated to the previous version, meaning it's not a default option.
Hopefully, @arn can put it back because I, too, liked and used that individual marking a single thread as read often.
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Hopefully, @arn can put it back because I, too, liked and used that individual marking a single thread as read often.
From the watched thread view I see this Mark Read option to the right. Is that not what you are after.
It's also available on the forum index pages. But I don't see a way to do it once you're already in a thread.
That works, but they really should add some distinction between the Forum name and the option to mark read. Different font/colour/size - something.
It seems to mark the thread as read when you enter it, so I don't see why one would even need the option to mark read from within the thread (unless I am misunderstanding the request).
Yup. Okay, it's there.
Just not as easily spotted at it was previously.
Yes, it's on the list to tweak.
Only if you enter on the last page of posts. If you enter on another page, it leaves the thread as unread.
I’m using the mobile version on my iPad currently, is there a specific area that I’m missing that I’m not seeing where you can mark the thread as ‘read’ for an individual thread?
I am on macOS Safari and see it. Just checked on my iPhone and it is not shown there.
Ahh, that’s why. But anyways, what it is used to be like, was you can mark each thread individually ‘read’ when you’re in a specific forum, that way you don’t have to parse through all these threads that you may have already visited, so hopefully that can be restored. It basically removes the ‘bold font’ from a thread that I already visited or don’t have any interest in.
On my Pixel with Firefox, if I go into landscape mode, I will see the 'mark as read' IF the forum name beside it is short enough. For example, though, if it's S&FF it will not show because the title is too long.
I guess it's one of those mobile fluid things that hide elements that just won't fit on the screen.
Can we look at how unread threads are identified on the forum list? For me at least, the bolded font for new (unread) threads/posts is not significantly different from the standard weight font - making the ability to quickly identify new threads/posts more difficult... perhaps a different color or a font which has more distinct difference between bold and non bold weights. Or maybe new posts could be BOLD ITALIC?
I agree and was going to post a similar request.
The unread threads need to be better distinguished from the read threads somehow.
The forums seem more responsive and I like most changes I've seen so far.
I'm not a fan of having negative 'reactions', I hope they don't become a problem, although 'sad' and 'angry' are at least a little more specific than just 'dislike' I guess, which I think always sounded more passive-aggressive somehow...
Big thanks to all MR staff/mods for all the work you do on this great site though.
I'm not a fan of having negative 'reactions', I hope they don't become a problem, although 'sad' and 'angry' are at least a little more specific than just 'dislike' I guess, which I think always sounded more passive-aggressive somehow...
Big thanks to all MR staff/mods for all the work you do on this great site though.
The servers are still indexing so the search functions will be inconsistent until the process has completed.
Not too keen on the way the Facebook-style reactions are displayed under a post:
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It's difficult to tell the composition of the reactions at a glance unless you click on it. Would prefer it if it was displayed something like this:
![Screen Shot 2019-09-19 at 16.34.09.png]( "Screen Shot 2019-09-19 at 16.34.09.png")
It's difficult to tell the composition of the reactions at a glance unless you click on it. Would prefer it if it was displayed something like this:
It looks like ignoring forums is only sort of working. I have 3 set to ignore, but I still see "Community Discussion" posts in the list of new posts even though it's one of the ignored forums. The other 2 seem to be successfully ignored. Is this a bug or a feature?
I like the new topic view. But the main forum index looks really messy now with just rows and rows. I preferred the older index where you had sub-sections for Apple Watch and so on, looks very generic and messy now.
Actually, personally, I like where the report button currently is - as it is easy to see and its is obvious.
Working again now!
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What browser is this? Can you email me details? arn@normalkid.com
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Personally, I would prefer the report/like/quote/reply buttons to be simple icons – but that is just me. My, uh, Preference. It would be awesome if the poster themself could select the appearance of the posts (similar to the way sigs can be hidden).
in fact, the quote function is nearly identical to the reply function, just one extra click or two. It is a step shy of redundant. There should be an elegant way to combine the two.