New eLF Feature (make that Features)

[CowbellGuy]

As you can see above, there's a new option to see new posts. It was requested a long time ago and got it to work for another project so I ported it over. Should work for logged in users as well as cookies for non-logged in users. Sometimes you have to reload the page for it to send the correct info, but it seems to work fairly well. Let me know if there are problems.

Edit: Ditto for the number of views for each message.

[jtwcornell91]

Excellent enhancement, Age.  Thanks! B-]

[nshapiro]

Age,

Since you are now tracking which posts are new since someone's last visit, could you possibly put a "new" tag on the far right of the title line for each post that is new.

This would make it easy to scroll down to posts the user has not yet seen, without having to read or check the dates of each post.

[CowbellGuy]

Huh? Wha? Doesn't it already do that? At least in threaded view...

[nshapiro]

could it do that in the flat view as well?

[jy3]

age
just noticed that the red (border etc) changes to darker red after u get off the main page. was this planned?
just curious :-)
thanks for the great work

[jy3]

ps
actually after i post it is dark on the main page too

[Al DeFlorio]

Mine's the same way.  Almost looks like...shudder...crimson. ::help::

Have we been hacked??

[CowbellGuy]

Well, I was just going for a less retina-piercing shade of red. Crimson similarity didn't quite strike me until you mentioned it though. Lemme try that again...

[Al DeFlorio]

Better now.:-)

Agree with the retina impact observation.

[rhovorka]

I'm with Neil...I'm sure the "see new posts" feature is great for threaded view but for those of us who prefer flat view, it's pretty useless.  All I'd like is a "new" flag next to each new message.

[CowbellGuy]

Unfortunately, its design does not lend itself to that without massive intervention. I looked at the code for a while yesterday and couldn't find an obvious, simple way to do it, so I'll try to make it happen at some point, but it's not a quick, easy request.

[crodger1]

I used to be a flat view kind of guy, but this see new posts thing has me using the threaded view now.  I find myself scanning for those new messages much less now.

Keep up the good work, Age... this site keeps getting better and better.

LGR!

[Al DeFlorio]

In the last week or so the "new" label on thread names persists even after I look at the new postings on the thread (in "threaded" view).  It disappears eventually, but after it seemingly "thinks about it" awhile.

[jtwcornell91]

Sometimes you need to hit reload.