Go To First New Post

Moderators: UAdevil, JMarkJohns

Post Reply
User avatar
azgreg
Posts: 26591
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:01 pm
Reputation: 1561

Go To First New Post

Post by azgreg »

When I click on the 'Go To First New Post' button for a thread it doesn't always take me to the first new post. Sometimes it take me to a post that was made many days ago. I find this often on threads where there are pictures or video embedded. Anybody else experience this?
User avatar
84Cat
Posts: 19852
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 2:17 pm
Reputation: 1073
Location: Boise

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by 84Cat »

yes, happened at TOS for me too.
User avatar
Merkin
Posts: 43385
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:31 am
Reputation: 1580
Location: UA basketball smells like....victory

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by Merkin »

Happens to me too, all the time, especially if I don't view a thread for a few days.
User avatar
JMarkJohns
Posts: 3355
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:28 am
Reputation: 174
Location: VforVindication
Contact:

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by JMarkJohns »

It takes you to the first new post since your last read post.

So if a couple of days and many posts pass, first new post will send you all the way back to the first post after your most recent participation, which will likely be in the middle of the conversation.
User avatar
azgreg
Posts: 26591
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:01 pm
Reputation: 1561

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by azgreg »

JMarkJohns wrote:It takes you to the first new post since your last read post.

So if a couple of days and many posts pass, first new post will send you all the way back to the first post after your most recent participation, which will likely be in the middle of the conversation.
No. It often takes me back to posts I've already read.
User avatar
Longhorned
Posts: 14758
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:04 pm
Reputation: 975
Location: In a guayabera at The Sands Club, Arizona Stadium

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by Longhorned »

Are the time stamps correct for you? Or are they wonky?
User avatar
azgreg
Posts: 26591
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:01 pm
Reputation: 1561

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by azgreg »

Longhorned wrote:Are the time stamps correct for you? Or are they wonky?
If you mean the date and/or time by the posters name then yes, they're fine.
User avatar
Alieberman
Posts: 13841
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:50 am
Reputation: 2885
Location: I can't find my pants

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by Alieberman »

Thanks Obama
User avatar
JMarkJohns
Posts: 3355
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:28 am
Reputation: 174
Location: VforVindication
Contact:

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by JMarkJohns »

Alieberman wrote:Thanks Obama
I blame Larry Scott and bemoan Roger Goodell.
User avatar
PieceOfMeat
Posts: 14080
Joined: Thu Jun 05, 2014 9:14 pm
Reputation: 337

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by PieceOfMeat »

JMarkJohns wrote:It takes you to the first new post since your last read post.

So if a couple of days and many posts pass, first new post will send you all the way back to the first post after your most recent participation, which will likely be in the middle of the conversation.
azgreg wrote:
JMarkJohns wrote:It takes you to the first new post since your last read post.

So if a couple of days and many posts pass, first new post will send you all the way back to the first post after your most recent participation, which will likely be in the middle of the conversation.
No. It often takes me back to posts I've already read.
I've had similar experience to azgreg's description. embedded items will often seem to "offset" the page to a wrong spot or even a wrong page, from where it "should" be based on my last visit.

Also, if your ignore list is featuring people in the thread, the same thing will happen. The ignored people seem to create some type of "offset" that contradicts where you should be going within a thread.

No biggie for me though, as I'd rather have the morons ignored and have to scroll down to the right spot.
It's long past time to bring this back to the court, let's do it with a small update:

Image
User avatar
RichardCranium
Posts: 3583
Joined: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:53 pm
Reputation: 180
Location: The Wonderful Land Of Oz

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by RichardCranium »

Cool.

I just found that button. I suppose its been there for ages, but I never noticed it.
Any sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a genuine kook.
User avatar
dovecanyoncat
Posts: 16750
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:16 pm
Reputation: 2144
Location: Old Farts and Golf Carts

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by dovecanyoncat »

This has recently begun happening to me, but only after reinstalling FireFox. It worked fine for years and then after the reinstall it's all wonky. Seems to affect heavy-traffic threads more than others.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

~ Wilhoit's Law
User avatar
ByJoveByJingle
Posts: 1963
Joined: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:52 pm
Reputation: 54

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by ByJoveByJingle »

Every thread I click takes me about halfway back up the page. Safari on iPad.
User avatar
Merkin
Posts: 43385
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:31 am
Reputation: 1580
Location: UA basketball smells like....victory

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by Merkin »

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Every thread I click takes me about halfway back up the page. Safari on iPad.
Same here, with Chrome on Windows. Have to scroll down to find the real first new post.
UAEebs86
Posts: 30196
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:41 pm
Reputation: 1849
Location: Mohave Dorm Room 417 Buzz 2

Re: Go To First New Post

Post by UAEebs86 »

Merkin wrote:
ByJoveByJingle wrote:Every thread I click takes me about halfway back up the page. Safari on iPad.
Same here, with Chrome on Windows. Have to scroll down to find the real first new post.

My cell with Samsung Internet browser does that. My laptop with Firefox does not.
Post Reply