04-07-2001 07:22									#1
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Back in the old days *inserts smily of oldtimer with pipe* it was very easy to see if a thread had a new message since the last time you opened it. It had a different color in my IE5.

Now in the modern age (remain serious please) I simply cannot know if a thread has a new message or not. I can't possibly remember who posted last so is there another way?

	04-07-2001 07:39									#2
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I get a red folder when there are new posts and a yellow folder when there are none.

	04-07-2001 07:46									#3
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I don't!!!!

Half of my screen is always filled with red folders
The other half (the bottom part) is filled with yellow

WTF?

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	04-07-2001 07:48									#4
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You use the 'light version' don't you, paiktis22?

	04-07-2001 07:49									#5
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quote: Originally posted by phoenixcager You use the 'light version' don't you, paiktis22?

Nope. Not any more.

	04-07-2001 08:28									#6
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OK, I posted that before your second post....

I think the red folders are the threads which have new posts since your last visit

Those that you have posted in have the black dot in the center.

	04-07-2001 08:35									#7
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It doesn't work that way either because when I open a (red) thread to read it and then press «off topic» the thread stays red.

	04-07-2001 08:57									#8
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It's probably a cached page. Refreshing the page a couple of times should solve it...

	04-07-2001 09:22									#9
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Yoy say it like it takes only 1 sec

Anyway, I did it but had no results.

Although I think that it is actually the blackpoint in the middle of the thread that tells you if a thread is new or not... let me check it out

	04-07-2001 09:24									#10
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Nope. It isn't the blackpoint. It refers to wether you contributed to the thread as you said....

	04-07-2001 18:29									#11
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seems to work ok on my computer, red for new yellow for read ...

Maybe another glitch

	04-07-2001 18:55									#12
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IIRC, it's red if it contains new message since you logged on last time

	04-07-2001 20:04									#13
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Sorry, my mistake. The folders do change colour on the fly.

The solution is to get a different browser. I recommend Mozilla

	04-07-2001 20:55									#14
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i like the new IE 6 seems quite friendly so far

	04-07-2001 21:22									#15
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This feature works flawlessly in my experience with IE 6.

I remember having the same trouble where clicking on a link would not change the color. I think it was simply cache settings, but whatever the reason is I have not had the problem with IE 6. So think about upgrading or using as he says Mozilla.

	04-07-2001 21:26									#16
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actually i only got IE 6 beta version is final version out yet ??

	05-07-2001 03:50									#17
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Are you using the Forum Jump go button at the bottom of the page or are you using your browser's back function? Back will reload a cached version of the page so nothing will change. Using the go button causes the page to reload from Apolyton with updated info.

	05-07-2001 07:02									#18
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I click on the titles on the top of the page (apolyton forums>miscellaneous>apolyton/community)

	05-07-2001 08:35									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin actually i only got IE 6 beta version is final version out yet ??

No only the beta version is out. That is what I am using.

My understanding is that IE6 is going to be released with Microsoft Windows XP and not before that time. They will bundle the two and it will be all a part of their "innovation" thing.

But no matter my feelings on MS I have to admit that their browser works and that is why I am using it.

	05-07-2001 09:20									#20
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The trouble with using IE6 is there are all sorts of nasty surprises waiting to spring on you when you least suspect it. Also given the facts that a) it's bloated and b) it's not standard compliant should steer people to other browsers.

If you don't like Mozilla there's always Opera.

	05-07-2001 14:55									#21
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i like IE , always does what i expect it to

I thought microsoft got in trouble for bundling operating sytstems and Internet browsers in one package as in Win 95 IE 4.0 .. didnt the courst force them to separate the two ..

If so what will happen with win XP and IE6.0 ??

	05-07-2001 20:06									#22
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Even when it crashes Windoze?

Nobody wants XP anyway you need such a powerful computer just to run it. Which reminds me of the saying, "Which Andy giveth, Bill taketh away."

You can't get truer than that.

	06-07-2001 00:24									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin i like IE , always does what i expect it to I thought microsoft got in trouble for bundling operating sytstems and Internet browsers in one package as in Win 95 IE 4.0 .. didnt the courst force them to separate the two .. If so what will happen with win XP and IE6.0 ??

The courts have ruled that that is illegal and violates the Sherman Acts because they are using a monopoly to create another monopoly. The question is punishment.

The Jackson court ruled to break the company up. Now that an appeals court has undid that order, it very likely that MS will escape with little punishment.

As for whether or not MS will continue bundle their operating system and browser, they will. In fact, when Balmer was asked what by law he feels MS can bundle with their OS, he said anything. So they still feel they have committed no wrong and we will continue getting IE, Windows Media Player, and other programs bundled with their OS.

	06-07-2001 00:29									#24
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In the old forums this option never worked for me, and I was a very happy man when I saw that it works in the new one.

	06-07-2001 08:52									#25
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tniem,

It's anybody's guess what's going to happen with the M$ case. It could range from very little happening to M$ to punishment more severe than before. There's an article in the Christian Science Monitor yesterday discussing Dubya's anti-trust policy; they expect it wouldn't be changed much from the Clinton years.

Still, even if the government case isn't going anywhere fast, there are still civil and class action suites that can now go ahead because the appeal court found Miscro$oft is guilty of anti-trust violations.

	09-07-2001 19:50									#26
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The colored envelopes work fine for me.

I can't get too upset about the Microsoft case. The major plaintiff, Netscape, merged with AOL, which may eventually dominate the internet in a way far more detrimental to the public good than Microsoft's dominance of the operating system market. I know, I've been an AOL customer.

	09-07-2001 20:05									#27
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I'm in the same situation as paiktis - there's just no rhyme or reason to the colouring of thread icons anymore. When I first log on, a certain number of them are red (the ones with new posts since my last visit), but after checking even just one thread, hitting the back button (or Alt+<-) and then pressing refresh (F5), they're all yellow.

Now under the old system, a thread you'd read with no new posts would be dark blue (as opposed to the other, light blue threads) - and it would stay dark blue until there was a new post to it, no matter if you hit refresh (F5) - or even logged of and on again hours later. That was a very userfriendly way of keeping track of what threads to check for new posts.

I noticed this backwards step right from the time of the forum upgrade, but it's still annoying... I guess we'll just have to learn to deal with it now that we got such an otherwise immaculate upgrade with many improvements.

Or is there some hope of the admins employing a colour code for the threads a la the old one?

	09-07-2001 20:19									#28
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What are you talking about?

In uBB there were also these coloured envelopes with the same colour code system.


Doc,

What are you talking about? There's no plaintiff in the M$ anti-trust case. It started as "The Government of United States and 19 States vs Microsoft Corp," with some states dropping out later.

Also I don't see anybody has the ability to dominate either the Internet or the World Wide Web. If anybody, that's what M$'s trying with ".NET."

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	10-07-2001 00:41									#29
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paiktis22:

Do you have cookies disabled? I think they are used to keep track of the posts you have read.

	10-07-2001 01:03									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger What are you talking about? In uBB there were also these coloured envelopes with the same colour code system.

I'm well aware of that, but I'm talking about the colour of the thread subject itself (the text). It would change from light blue to dark blue once you read the thread. Only when new posts were added to the thread would it turn light blue again.

I'd like to see this feature carried over to the new system. As it is now, if you refresh the page, all thread envelopes turn yellow so it's basically useless other than when you first log on.