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it's probably more coding than look, but i really like the default "active topics since last visit on . . . " interface of the 68kMLA forums, i find myself looking at posts i've already seen way too often over here.

i should also suggest that our guys implement an active since_____________ parameter entry dialogue. it's really annoying when eBay pulls an AOL and blows my browser out of the water before i finish reading all the new posts and i end up sorting out the new ones manually like i need to do here.

you'll need to register to visit the 68kMLA site, quit your browser and come back to the MLA later to see just how convenient it is to see only the new posts in ALL the forums in one window since your last visit. it makes following discussions on the entire site far easier. there are interesting tidbits and discussions that i miss out on joining frequently over here because i don't habitually visit some forums. it'd probably increase participation in the forums here significantly if you implemented a similar default view for the active discussions.

jt

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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 27 May 2002 11:44:49

BTW, ~Coxy, we all really appreciate all the hard work that you and the other Generals do to make the 68kMLA an excellent resource for those using these most excellent of computers. These forums are exceptional for their perfect mix of decorum, information, and bouts of silliness.

g4from128k

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BTW, ~Coxy, we all really appreciate all the hard work that you and the other Generals do to make the 68kMLA an excellent resource for those using these most excellent of computers. These forums are exceptional for their perfect mix of decorum, information, and bouts of silliness.

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btw, i just quit my browser and reopen it without ever logging on or off to do what it is that i think you are describing, it's just when the browser quits on its own that it gets annoying, on fritter it's annoying ALL the time! no complaints here, just a suggestion, it doesn't sound possible tho. *sighs*

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Thanx for the tip of quiting/restarting the browser , but it did not work for me . (could it be my always-on DSL connection? Netscape's crappy cookie manager? Some obscure setting in some control panel? OS 9? * throws up hands to internet gods ina burst of pious pleading *).

I also agree with you about the barfing browser problem ("Netscape Unexpectedly Quit", ya right, Netscape expectedly quit)

* sigh^2 *

g4from128k

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Thanx for the tip of quiting/restarting the browser , but it did not work for me . (could it be my always-on DSL connection? Netscape's crappy cookie manager? Some obscure setting in some control panel? OS 9? * throws up hands to internet gods ina burst of pious pleading *).

I also agree with you about the barfing browser problem ("Netscape Unexpectedly Quit", ya right, Netscape expectedly quit)
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LOL! "Netscape Unexpectedly Ran an ENTIRE FREAKIN SESSION WITHOUT QUITTING"

nehoo! use cookie cruncher, tell it which ones to always keep and blow the rest of the little B@$^@#*$ out of the water on a regular basis! F****M' and the cookie jar they rolled in on (in? . . . . whatever!) clean out your cache whenever it slows down too!

dunno . . . NN 4.7.3 - OS 9.1 - Verizon DSL, seems to work for me, but the whole system is getting a little hinky lately, time to set everything up on a new drive and unhook this one!

jt ™. .

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Please, please, pretty please with PDS cards on top..., I would love a "Reset Last Visit to Now" item on the "Active Topics Since" button. After I have read all the active threads, I have a hassle of a time resetting the Last Visit clock to the current time so that I only see items that changed......

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Nevermind. Did you know that the little half-pink, half-yellow folder in the upper left corner of the Active Topics list will reset your time of the login? (no more double logout-out/login-in, no more quiting/rerunning the browser) Once you've read all the active topics, you just click that folder/button and it resets the clock so you only see new, incoming fresh topics.

I thought I did not know this little trick cuz I didn't RTFM, but then I looked at the FM and there was nothing to R about the little login clock resetter.

G4From128k

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Edited by - g4from128k on 08 Jun 2002 17:26:40

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