Usefulness of "New Posts"

[Tim Armes]

Hello,

I'd just like to make a comment on the usefulness of the "New Posts" links.

I use this link all the time. For it to be truly useful however, it should return all the new posts since the user's last visit to the site.

In reality, it isn't entirely clear what it's returning, but I have the feeling that it's time limited (all the posts since the last visit but no older than xx hours). This is frustrating when you haven't visited for a few days.

Regards,

Tim

[Sid Jervis]

I will second that. I use the new posts link, normally the next option is today's posts, but as you say, not that helpful if you haven't been online for a while.

[Nicolas Claris]

You may also see where unread posts are with http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/images/OPF_statusicon/forum_new.gif icon...

[Tim Armes]

You may also see where unread posts are with http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/images/OPF_statusicon/forum_new.gif icon...

Yes, but there are some many forums that this method is a pain. "New Posts" would be really useful if it worked properly.

[Nigel Atkinson]

I'm also using the "new posts" link as my main route into the forums. If traffic gets as high as FM etc I might do it another way, but at the moment its by far the most convenient way of seeing what is happening.

Is there a summary of what it does?

[Asher Kelman]

I'm also using the "new posts" link as my main route into the forums. If traffic gets as high as FM etc I might do it another way, but at the moment its by far the most convenient way of seeing what is happening.

Is there a summary of what it does?
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