stinkfist wrote:you've changed something recently that affects how links are displayed...
e.g. I close browser and reopen and all of yesterday's viewed posts show in bold.....
I haven't clicked on the music thread in a week or so (since you posted) and it shows as 'read'.....
as always, just fyi broheim....
edit: same thing on my Iphone as well.....cpu is a pos win7 fagoo....
OK, here's some more analysis on this one:
The change I made was to keep people logged in longer. When you're not logged in, nothing will ever be bold. The whole read / unread tracking system only applies to logged in users, and is driven by what they saw when they were logged in.
So logging people out (i.e. "expiring their sessions") more quickly will definitely fix the problem of inappropriately bold links, but it does so by logging you out and not showing anything in bold.
In the long run, though, keeping people logged in longer will make the system really know more about what they've actually seen. It will also make people log in less.
The music thread should show as "read" (non-bold) if you already saw the last thing posted there.
I'm trying to think outside the box on this one. Personally, I feel like I have to log in too much, and that's a bigger issue than anything being bold / not being bold. Still trying to get a handle on whether my attempt to keep people logged in longer has worked, though...