confused about the changes

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Is there a way to reset my view so after I read a post and consider it, that I can find it? it is no longer "new" and disappears into the ether.

I suppose if one doesn't think about what they post, this does not matter....

as an example, I tried to put this on RG's new ask questions thread, but only "new" posts are left on the new posts page. having read it, it is no longer "new". I can'tfind it, and don't wish to wait around for it to be new again.

is there still a way just to see everything as it occurs, in big picture view?

I liked the old way. (i do like the "new" button)

mebbe i'll adjust.

mebbe some of you will be overjoyed and I won't.

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[+4] - roger - 06/26/2010Just guessing, but maybe it only becomes answered when the best answer is selected by the author. To show how much attention I pay, I don't even know if this would be a change, or not.

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@Rockhead,

I just discovered that I had to make sure that my New Post view was set to All Forums rather than My Forums.

Made quite a bit of difference in what I was able to see.

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@ehBeth,

I wonder if you would have to tag a thread that you were thinking of responding to, but didn't have your answer fully formulated, so you could find it by way of creating your own mini-forum.

"rocky's working on an answer"

of course, then you'd have to untag it once you'd responded

it's a long way around to solve the problem

hopefully a brainiac knows a shortcut

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@ehBeth,

it resets back to places I don't want to be reset to as well.

thanks for responding.

(and I don't come here to work...)

there is also a new (to me) button in the preferences that was set to yes automatically, asking if I wanted friends to find me by my e-mail...

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@Rockhead,

I asked your "pondering about an answer" question in Nick's changes thread.

I thought that email thingie had been there for years.

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The re-set now goes to the first thing you haven't read in a thread vs the butt-end of the thread. Shouldn't make too much difference in most threads (other than word games where it will be a pain in the patoot).

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@ehBeth,

if they just left them in the scroll without the "new" on them, it would be perfect, in my not so listened to opinion.

the e-mail thingy may have, i'm slow...

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

I just discovered that I had to make sure that my New Post view was set to All Forums rather than My Forums.

Made quite a bit of difference in what I was able to see.

Okay, where do you do this now?

I have no clue on how to get the view back to include all posts, like it was before.

Before, I used to click 'New Posts', and it would give you all the new posts. Now, I can't see my own doing this. I have to click on 'My Posts'?

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@Reyn,

Hi Reyn,

click on new posts - look on the left side - it will either say "my forums" or "all forums"

clicking on "all forums" should improve what you can see

after the changes last night , it is set so the beginning section contains threads with posts you have not read - after that are threads that don't contain new posts

there is a better (hopefully) explanation on the thread Nick Ashley started about "grid changes" (but can I find the thread to bring you the link? mebbe Laughing

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@ehBeth,

Okay, but clicking on 'New Posts', at the moment, gets me to a blank page. I suppose it's being worked on.

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@Reyn,

ditto here.

thought mebbe that was our answer...

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Hi Reyn,

click on new posts - look on the left side - it will either say "my forums" or "all forums"

clicking on "all forums" should improve what you can see

It is not possible to bookmark the page, so it comes up as "All forums" all the time? It seems to default to "My Forums".

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@ehBeth,

I'm pretty sure the difference is that now you have a choice. Click "New" and you get every thing since your last visit. You can still click the user name and go directly to the last post.

Anyhow, I think that's what's been happening.

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Why is the following in Unanswered posts? It has been answered!

confused about the changes
Forums: a2k, a2k Help, Forum Help, Community
Question by Rockhead
Posted 06/26/10 9:25 AMReplies: 11
Views: 110
Last Post by roger
on 06/26/10 12:19 PM

Shouldn't it just be posts that are Unanswered?

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@Mame,

Just guessing, but maybe it only becomes answered when the best answer is selected by the author. To show how much attention I pay, I don't even know if this would be a change, or not.

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@Mame,

Yeah, it's responded to, but not "answered".

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@roger,

That is correct, but not a recent change (it has been that way since day one of this software).

It is, however, something that needs a lot of improvement, as there is not much at all directing users to close the questions.

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@all As for the grid confusion/questions please keep it to the thread Nick started for that, I'm going to try to centralize my answers there.

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@ehBeth,

What constitutes "answered"?

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@Mame,

When a the question asker selects a reply as the answer.

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@Mame,

It's answered when the person who asked the question designates "the" answer.

As I recall, they select "the" answer and it then gets a little symbol of some sort attached to it.

You can check your own stats and see if you've been determined to have answered any questions by a question-asker.

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@ehBeth,

Look at all I don't know on this site! I had no idea you could do that. In that case, all of my topics should be in that category since I've never indicated they were answered. Interesting... ver-y in-ter-est-ing.

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