How come I cannot see my posts on the What's New screen

[canamjhb]

I'm not liking this new stuff. I am a person who usually just logs into "What's New". If I am looking at a thread and accidentally hit the wrong button (ie deleting the thread instead of deleting an attachment) I cannot go back to what I was looking at in "whats new". It's gone somewhere else, at least in my computer. And I do not have the patience or inclination to try to look for it. Not good.

Then, when I post something and afterwords remember that I forgot something, I can't just go back to "whats new", pull it up and edit my post. (like now). I have to search elsewhere to locate what I was doing. Use to be MUCH more user friendly.....at least for an old guy who is not computer savy

 

[UtahPete]

I sent a PM to Lamont to let him know about it in case he is not aware of the issue.

It's not an 'issue'. Please don't bother Lamont about it.

 

[UtahPete]

I have not noticed any problem with this.......partly because I am in the habit of first doing "Forums/Quick links/Subscribed threads"
and then after that doing "New posts" or "what's new".

I'm pretty sure that "your" stuff will always show up in the "subscribed" list, with those with new content at the top and highlighted.

Only if that election has been selected.

 

[UtahPete]

I'm surprised to hear that so many always choose 'New Posts' to see what's going on, & even more surprised that more people don't use 'Quick Links' & then 'Today's Posts' instead... :dontknow:

I only ever use New Posts to get the list of most recent posts up when I first log on/look in, usually only from the home page too; then once I've opened one thread, from there on in I just use the Quick links/Today's Posts option on the top of each thread because it shows everything that's gone on in the Forum over the last 24 hours, with those threads I haven't looked at yet all highlighted, & a little marker to show those I've already posted in.... so I can check 'em all out at a glance! But then, I guess I do tend to at least look in most days, unless of course I'm out ryding already! :thumbup:

But then again, you are on the bottom side of the world ...:joke:

 

[UtahPete]

Correct. It cant be NEW to you at all, you read it when you made the post. Whats NEW, is based off something you HAVEN'T read.

Anthony, you are too logical. Waaay over the intuitive nature of most of us here.....

 

[UtahPete]

:dontknow::dontknow::dontknow:Is that not what said?????? When you start a thread, post to a thread or read a thread. It is not new to you anymore and will not show in the what's new search link.

Way too logical....:roflblack:

 

[ThreeWheels]

When you post a new thread. That thread is not new to you anymore. So it does not showup in your "What's New" search. But it will show up in other members "What's New" search, that have not read it yet. It will show up again in your search when someone posts something to your thread you have not read yet. I don't like the change but I will see if I can get used to it.

You're explanation makes perfect sense and that explains the sites current behavior.
Nevertheless, that's not the way the site used to work.
The "What's New" button used to encompass an entire day.
The point is, something is different. Some setting or some other feature has changed.
Maybe I'm a little sensitive to the issue. I'm just getting tired of all the pointless changes to forums, cell phones and software.
Folks who focus on one thing may have some ideas for improvement, but they improve things beyond the ability of the general public to use them.
I'd like to see a federal law that requires all computers to change to Dvorak keyboards, and then let all the software gurus forced to learn a new useless skill.
I'm still trying to find out where they hid Conditional Formatting, and why they moved it. My printed charts don't look any different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbwlqX6Rmg&ab_channel=Greg&Kim

 

[Peter Aawen]

But then again, you are on the bottom side of the world ...:joke:

Ahh!! I gotta admit I did forget that! Everything does work 'the other way' over in your part of the world, duzzn'it! :shocked: :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Probably

:lecturef_smilie: I saw that... :roflblack:

 

[Pirate looks at --]

Hate to complain, but this kind of sucks, very difficult to follow along threads, why did we feel it was necessary to change everything??

 

[AnthonyG]

Hate to complain, but this kind of sucks, very difficult to follow along threads, why did we feel it was necessary to change everything??

Because "your" posts arent NEW to you, hence "What's New", read the first page of this post.