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wu :: forums    riddles    suggestions, help, and FAQ (Moderators: william wu, Icarus, Eigenray, towr, SMQ, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder)    "New Message in Forum" Indicator « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: "New Message in Forum" Indicator  (Read 1432 times) John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 5:19am » Quote Modify I have an idea -- how about on the main forum screen having it display what forums have new posts? It does this within the forum, but not on the main screen. This would make it easier to find new posts.   I'll even put my money where my mouth is and contribute code. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #1 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 6:16am » Quote Modify euhm.. the main forum screen _does_ show which forums have new posts.. At least on my computer they do (perhaps if you had a caching problem it might not) IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #2 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 8:39am » Quote Modify Mine just says the date of the last post. I don't have a caching problem, I make sure Mozilla always grabs the latest version of a page. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #3 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:03am » Quote Modify new messages: no new messages:   Admittedly on a high resolution (where the images are small) the difference is hard to see.. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #4 on: Jan 22nd, 2004, 9:24pm » Quote Modify Ah, thank you, I did not notice that. On a totally different subject, my resolution is 1600 by 1200 IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #5 on: Jan 27th, 2004, 6:24am » Quote Modify How about making the new message indicator something more noticeable, like red, instead of blue? IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question william wu wu::riddles Administrator     Gender: Posts: 1291 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #6 on: Jan 29th, 2004, 12:26am » Quote Modify done IP Logged [ wu ] : http://wuriddles.com / http://forums.wuriddles.com John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #7 on: Jan 29th, 2004, 6:14am » Quote Modify Thank you William, that is much easier to see. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: "New Message in Forum" Indicator   « Reply #8 on: Jan 29th, 2004, 5:50pm » Quote Modify And quite a shock to see these glaring pink things unexpectedly appearing.   Oh, well - you can't please everyone! IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math) => suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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