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View first unread

Hi all,
So here lately, my "vies first un read button has not been working, forst on Energy's rom thread and now on Dutty's rom thread.
It actually has not been working on Energy for some time, it will just take me to the very last post and not the post where I last left off.
Then as I had started to get more and more involved on Dutty's rom thread, (it is much smaller), it was working fine and now that one too just takes me to the last post when I hit the view last read button, maybe it is a size of thread thing, I dont know but I have also tried both the XDA classic and the new 2010 page view selector.
Is anyone having this issue? It is on multiple computers that this occurs, both at home and at work.
Thanks,
Jeff

innovator8 said:
Hi all,
So here lately, my "vies first un read button has not been working, forst on Energy's rom thread and now on Dutty's rom thread.
It actually has not been working on Energy for some time, it will just take me to the very last post and not the post where I last left off.
Then as I had started to get more and more involved on Dutty's rom thread, (it is much smaller), it was working fine and now that one too just takes me to the last post when I hit the view last read button, maybe it is a size of thread thing, I dont know but I have also tried both the XDA classic and the new 2010 page view selector.
Is anyone having this issue? It is on multiple computers that this occurs, both at home and at work.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Do both of these threads happen to have a poll?

pulser_g2 said:
Do both of these threads happen to have a poll?
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Yes, they both do currently have a poll, and I can remember for sure if this was happening with Energy before the poll or not. I will hunt around for another long thread that does not have a poll to see if it works there too.
THanks,
Jeff

pulser_g2 said:
Do both of these threads happen to have a poll?
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I'm also experiencing the problem on the TyphooN CyanogenMod 7 thread which also has a poll. Clicking on "View first unread" always beams me to the last post.
What actually works for me is the Xda Premium Android app. It correctly shows the first unread post on the very thread where the website always directs me to the last one.
Is there any solution available yet to get this working using the website?

I'm getting this as well on the following forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957291

I'm having this issue as well. Anyone know a way around it?

I am getting this problem too in this topic and it also has a poll.

Sorry to kick this, but "View First Unread" doesn't seem to be working for me on any thread I previously visited. It just takes me to the last page all the time.
I was working fine until a few days ago...
What can I do? Clean cookies maybe?

MrMagic said:
Sorry to kick this, but "View First Unread" doesn't seem to be working for me on any thread I previously visited. It just takes me to the last page all the time.
I was working fine until a few days ago...
What can I do? Clean cookies maybe?
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+1 to that.
I have no idea how this "view first unread" is working..or is supposed work.some1 care to explain?
It's works perfectly in the app and that is how one wants it here too.
Also wish it was the default view instead of 'Last Page'

roofrider said:
+1 to that.
I have no idea how this "view first unread" is working..or is supposed work.some1 care to explain?
It's works perfectly in the app and that is how one wants it here too.
Also wish it was the default view instead of 'Last Page'
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It works fine for me in Chrome, and always did in Firefox. What browser are you using? Have you changed your view (under Display Mode)?

reinbeau said:
It works fine for me in Chrome, and always did in Firefox. What browser are you using? Have you changed your view (under Display Mode)?
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chrome and linear mode.
ok, it's working fine today.
thanks

I'm having problems with View First Unread on numerous threads on XDA, and I can tell you what the problem is: it's threads where moderators have deleted posts.
There seems to be an error in the forum code, where the indices of unread posts are adjusted incorrectly for a given thread. The more posts deleted from a thread, the further off the unread count goes (and it can be off by multiple pages).
What's weird is that it isn't what you'd expect -- you don't get shown a post later than that you last saw as "first unread". It actually rolls backwards. If a mod deletes ten posts from a given thread, I will then see the last ten posts I'd already read being marked as unread. If they delete 40 posts, my unread count will be off by 40 posts (and I'll have to skip forward four pages from the supposed "last unread" to get to a post I've not seen before.)
And once the unread count is off, it stays off, only changing if a moderator deletes more posts. If ten posts are deleted, and then the thread is never moderated again, I could come back in six months after hundreds more posts have been made by others and I've read them, and my "last unread" will still be off by a page.
It's a frustrating bug, because the threads where you most need the "last unread" feature are the ones that are tens or hundreds of pages long -- but those are also the threads where tens of posts have been deleted, and so every time you go to last unread you'll have to then manually skip forward one or more pages to get to the first post you've not seen a dozen times or more.

Previous Thread/Next Thread buttons broken

Hopefully this is the right way to report this problem with the forums.
I'm used to navigating the site by reading a thread, clicking on the "View First Unread" button to see new posts, then using the "Previous Thread" link at the bottom to read the next older post.
For the last couple of weeks, clicking on "Previous Thread" changes the title displayed to the proper target, but what you get displayed for thread content is the beginning of the thread you just read. This means that the only way to read a forum is to keep going back to the table of contents for that forum and click a thread with new posts. This gets to be a major pain once you're off the first page of threads.
"Next Thread" is equally broken.
I can't see any value to this behavior. It would be nice to have it working as it used to.
Thanks.

k1mu said:
Hopefully this is the right way to report this problem with the forums.
I'm used to navigating the site by reading a thread, clicking on the "View First Unread" button to see new posts, then using the "Previous Thread" link at the bottom to read the next older post.
For the last couple of weeks, clicking on "Previous Thread" changes the title displayed to the proper target, but what you get displayed for thread content is the beginning of the thread you just read. This means that the only way to read a forum is to keep going back to the table of contents for that forum and click a thread with new posts. This gets to be a major pain once you're off the first page of threads.
"Next Thread" is equally broken.
I can't see any value to this behavior. It would be nice to have it working as it used to.
Thanks.
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You are right - this is the place to report. I don't think anything has changed with this functionality but I have definitely recreated this error. We'll take a look and figure out a fix.

Found and fixed this bug, will take a few minutes to show up on all the servers.
Thanks again for reporting it!

bitpushr said:
Found and fixed this bug, will take a few minutes to show up on all the servers.
Thanks again for reporting it!
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Thanks for fixing it!

Improvement suggestion: sorting of posts in participated section

Hi,
Got an improvement suggestion for the desktop site under Participated threads section:
This section shows 15 threads I participated in. It could have been OK, if not for the following:
1. Threads are sorted by their creation date. This means that if there are new posts in "veteran threads" (and there are lots of mega threads like these), they will soon be out of the list.
2. There's no way to see the next threads in the list (next 15 or so).
This means that if there are new posts in such threads in which I participated, I will not see them at all. Of course I can subscribe to all these threads, but why do so if there's a section for it?
Just to compare, if I browse the forum via the Tapatalk app, I'm able to see new posts in this section sorted by the date of the last post. I believe this should be the right way to go.
I think this is a small and necessary change that should be quite easy to implement.
Cheers.

Anybody home? Maybe this is not the right forum to raise such a suggestion?

Thanks for the suggestion, but we recommend subscribing to a thread if you want to be kept up to date on progress. The "Participated Threads" tab sorts in order of last update.

bitpushr said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but we recommend subscribing to a thread if you want to be kept up to date on progress. The "Participated Threads" tab sorts in order of last update.
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Thanks for your answer. However, it seems that at least on the desktop site, the "participated threads" section is not sorted by last update (as it should), but by thread creation order.

Kindly would like to bump this:
The participated section should have the exact effect as performing an advanced search with myself as the posting user. In this case, I'll get a list of the threads I have posted in, ordered by post date (threads with newer posts are shown first). If number of threads exceeds a page, then I can select the page for previous posts.
However, the participated section button shows only one page, where this page holds threads ordered by thread creation date.
What I think that should be done is that the participated button will simply imitate the search action described above. This is exactly what Tapatalk does, but unfortunately not what happens here. Of course I can always perform this advanced search to see what happens in the threads I participate in, but this is very cumbersome.

[Q] Question re forum vs. subforum, subscribed vs. participated

I am not sure if the android app (I am using the premium app) is taking a different path than the XDA website... but there are things that are different between them and it is making it very difficult and confusing to seamlessly move from the app to the website, or back.
On the app, there is a sidebar with, among other items, a line that says "Subscriptions" followed by number in parentheses. Above that line there is a line/option for "Participated" .
If you select "Subscriptions", and you will get a list of Forums and Subforums you have subscribed to. It is easy to "Subscribe" to a forum (or subforum), as the dropdown menu has an option to Subscribe.
Before continuing, this is how I see the logical breakdown of forums, subforums and threads:
Forum (example HTC ONE (or VERIZON HTC ONE if it exists)) ==>
Subforum(example: HTC ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting) ==>​Thread(example: Help! I bricked my phone!!!).​
In the app, when you select "Participated" you are presented with every thread in which you have added a comment.
However, on the website, when I navigate to the forum (not a subforum) and I want to "Subscribe" to it, I cannot find any way to do so on that page (the main forum page). I notice however, that if you go to one a subforums (see example above), you have the option there to subscribe to that subforum. However, like the app, I would like to have quick access to all subforums for a particular device.
I have "subscribed" to them from the mobile app, but they are not showing up once I am at my laptop... the only subscriptions that appear anywhere (without having to go to a dedicated page with subscibed threads, etc.) is in the right sidebar under the three tabs entitled "MESSAGES THREADS FORUMS." Here (for me) it shows I am subscribed to one subforum that I accidentally subscribed to 3 years ago (from the app I believe). The app too, correctly shows I am subscribed to this subforum. But there is no where on the website that shows the Forums I am subscribed—which the app does (as described above).
With the number of forums for devices growing to several hundred why is there not just a way to create a bookmark to go directly to the forum that you have already added as a subscribed forum/a favorite??? I swear I think every time I have come to this webpage I have to navigate down past 90 devices to find the forum I want (google XDA XYZ Device works, but there should be a way on the forum landing page). A way to find "bookmarked' forums. I use the work bookmark" because using the word "subscribe" with "forum" is actually confusing. You already have an option to subscribe to a thread on the website (and the app). And further, a subscription to a thread will send you email updates when there have been new comments to that thread. However, you do not need email notifications to a forum, nor even a subforum... you just need a quick way to navigate to them.
Further confusing the "thread subscription" component of "subscribing" is that now the app has "Participated" (as mentioned above) which I find helpful as no action is required; it automatically allows you to quickly find a thread where you have contributed or asked a question. But this is not available (or easily locatable) on the website....
Can we get the ability to create a favorite or a bookmark to a Forum or Subforum?
I understand that subscribing to threads still makes sense as people may want to be notified or have quick access to a thread which is being updated, but in which they have not made a comment. I think we just need to add a new category to "favorite" or "bookmark" a forum or subforum, and then have threads subscribed to, and threads in which we have participated.
I think in the past few years (and you guys would know!) more people use the app than before... So I think by modifying things as set forth above, it will allow increased usability of XDA overall. XDA has always had to manage and structure/organize a huge amount of information... and I have always found it quite difficult.. Only recently with the options have I noticed more productivity (although I cannot say for certain how "recent" these changes are....
Either way, I hope you can make the app and the site consistent... and preferably let the app's above-mentioned features lead the way.
Thank you...

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Wow, that's a lot of questions!
I definitely won't be able to answer them all at once, so I will just answer the ones I can.
1. In answer to the question "Where are the Participated threads on the website?", just do [your_username's_profile] > Statistics > See all posts by [your_username]. It does essentially the same thing as Participated does in the app.
EDIT- More answers to come... when and if I have time!

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What's your favorite theme? Mine is kind of Classic!

Site is very slow.

What is the equivalent of usercp now?

So SLOW it is unusable. Worthless. Seriously, worthless.
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Site is very slow.
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I know you guys are probably still working out the bugs, but so far the forum is super slow. It take 20 to 30 seconds to load a page. And yes, my Internet works fine with all other sites at the same time so I know it's not my computer, browser or Internet connection.
Also, for some reason, I can't load page 2 of threads and it seems like some recent posts were not migrated over?

Question. What's this mean for the XDA Android app? Not able to login at the moment. Plans for updating it I take it?

Where is the Search Thread box? I used it all the time! Edit: When using the top of page Search box here is a drop-down menu option to search this thread but it's no working. Edit 2: It has been fixed!
How can you add a title to a post since Advanced is gone?
No option to not include your signature in some posts & in others not like in Advanced before the migration?
Most Thanked posts in the thread (liked) in the right sidebar is gone?
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Hopefully the site is still settling in after the migration. I know this can take time. Looking forward to continue here on the new platform and hope all the great experiences of old times remain the same and new ones are added.
I would second the earlier comment about the site being slow but again i probably answered my own question in the first sentence i typed.

it's slow, but the cost of change need some time, imagine you are merge years to a new platform..
it's not easy for sure, and can't be done in one day.

I assume that everyone can already tell but it really is very slow. I hope that it can be fixed!

This is dreadfully slow, 20-30+ seconds to load a single page.
Trying to go to the *last* page of a thread causes it to continuously go to the first page of the thread, and "jump to new" is even more broken, listing "recent" posts but labeling each one as "#1" and then mixing in "first page" posts as well.
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curiousrom said:
Where is the Search Thread box? I used it all the time!
How can you add a title to a post since Advanced is gone?
No option to not include your signature in some posts like in Advanced?
Most liked posts in the thread box on the right side is gone?
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You should try the UI before asking, on top right of OP you will see few dots, click that to expand menu and tap edit thread and then you will be able to edit the title. I am finding my way around too.

Oops! We ran into some problems.

I can't log in to xda's Android app, which prompts me for the wrong password, but I can log in to the web, although it's very slow.