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HarryH3
March 4th, 2005, 09:05 AM
Is there a way to adjust when the software decides that you have been logged in long enough to set ALL of the threads in the forum as "seen"? If I pop in to read something and then get called away from the computer for more than 30 minutes or so, when I come back every thread in every forum has been set to seen. This makes it pretty difficult to keep up with stuff. It even erases all of the "go to first unread" check marks. Surely there's a variable somewhere to either turn this "feature" off or set it to a longer time window, perhaps 24 hours? http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/images/smilies/smile.gif
Myredyota
March 4th, 2005, 05:23 PM
Good call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jkskier
March 8th, 2005, 01:53 AM
how about we fix that clock too? That thing has been driving me nuts.
Eric
March 8th, 2005, 08:08 AM
how about we fix that clock too? That thing has been driving me nuts.
jkskier, what's wrong with your clock? Did you select the correct timezone in your settings?

Harry, I don't believe that's a per-user setting. I think it's a global setting although I'm not sure where it is. When I get a chance I'll look into it and see what it is currently set to and/or if I can even change it.
HarryH3
March 8th, 2005, 07:54 PM
Thanks Eric, my guess is that it's a global variable stored somewhere on the server. But I can't think of any good reason for it to even exist. Why would the developers think that a forum member would want to have all of their threads set as seen after a certain period of time? Just doesn't make sense to me and I've been using various forum software since the early days of text-based VaxNotes... (And yeah, you're old if you remember that!) http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
jumpinNrollin
March 10th, 2005, 08:10 AM
Man I am getting old. I do remember that. I even remeber when there was no GUI for the internet...
HarryH3
March 10th, 2005, 09:17 AM
Man I am getting old. I do remember that. I even remeber when there was no GUI for the internet...

Ah yes, I "browsed" several web sites using Lynx in the early days! http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/images/smilies/eek.gif
Eric
March 10th, 2005, 09:31 AM
I remember when it was just usenet, then the NCSA Mosaic browser came out :D
nensha
March 10th, 2005, 09:56 AM
Ah yes, I "browsed" several web sites using Lynx in the early days! http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/images/smilies/eek.gifI remember "surfing" using gopher and then I stepped up to lynx.

Actually, I still use a program similar to lynx (just a little smarter) for certain tasks, and I really do miss the days before all this gooey stuff. It has certainly slowed down the system.