technical question

[+ José Soplanucas]

I have noticed this in The Gallery threads.

 

Sometimes, when I click on the link to a thread, I am taken straight to the last post I have seen.

Sometimes, instead, I am taken to the Opening Post.

 

Can anyone explain why? Is it the way the thread is set up by the OP?

 

I guess this is a question for @deej , @Cooper , or @Guy Fawkes .

 

Thank you!

[+ poolboy48220]

I think the way it works is (assuming that you're logged in), if there are new posts you haven't read, it takes you to the first unread post. If there are no unread posts (if you've seen up to the last), then it starts at the beginning.

 

If you're not logged in, it'll always go to the first post since there is no sense of what you have read.

[+ José Soplanucas]

I think the way it works is (assuming that you're logged in), if there are new posts you haven't read, it takes you to the first unread post. If there are no unread posts (if you've seen up to the last), then it starts at the beginning.

 

If you're not logged in, it'll always go to the first post since there is no sense of what you have read.

 

I am logged in and I am taken to my last read post only sometimes. As I said, some other times I am taken to the OP.

[+ VeryHappyCustomer]

Your browser renders the whole page, starting at the top. If there are images on the page that are not already in the browser's cache, it must download them. If they're cached it may still need to re-scale them. With discussion threads, there are few or no images so you wouldn't see this behavior.

[+ José Soplanucas]

Your browser renders the whole page, starting at the top. If there are images on the page that are not already in the browser's cache, it must download them. If they're cached it may still need to re-scale them. With discussion threads, there are few or no images so you wouldn't see this behavior.

 

That make more sense. Still, why it renders some time the first page, and some times the last view page? May be I am not fully understanding your answer.

[+ Charlie]

If you click on the title of the thread, it takes you to the beginning of the thread. If you click on the little circle to the left of the title, it takes you to the first post that you haven't read in the thread. Or at least, that's how it works for me.

[+ poolboy48220]

Not for me, if I click on the title it takes me to the first unread, unless I have read them all. Using Chrome on a PC Laptop.

[+ José Soplanucas]

I always click on the title, and most times it takes me to the first unread post. However, sometimes it takes me to the OP, and I cannot detect what the pattern is. It looks random to me, but I am sure I am missing something.

[+ Charlie]

I use Firefox on a Windows desktop, and I always have the same response: click on title and get OP, or click on blue circle and I get first post I haven't read.

[OneFinger]

I use Firefox on a Windows desktop, and I always have the same response: click on title and get OP, or click on blue circle and I get first post I haven't read.

Ditto.