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The "NEW" indicator

I quote from K.A.T. in another thread:

Quote from: K.A.T. –
I would have thanked you sooner, but the little "new" icon wasn't showing; I thought no one had answered...)

I thought I'd noticed this happening (new messages appearing with no new icon) myself but I wasn't sure...

Has anyone else experienced this?

I plays 'Bones, crumpets, coronets, floosgals, youfonymums 'n tubies.

Re: The "NEW" indicator

Reply #1 –
Haven't particularly noticed that because I tend to use "Show unread posts since last visit" - But I have noticed that this isn't always accurate.
Rich.

Re: The "NEW" indicator

Reply #2 –
 
Weird. I've never seen the new indicators ever screwed up in an SMF (or YaBBSE) board (or ever worked correctly in other boards!) till now. The spell is broken?

Does the forum store the new/read post data in one's profile or in cookies? The latter has more potential to cause trouble, especially with IE.
 

Re: The "NEW" indicator

Reply #3 –
SMF (this forum) tracks read topics from the server, on a per user basis. The mechanism can be tricky if you login but do not read all of your unfinished topics. This behavior is not perfect, but is a reasonable compromise when dealing with a large number of topics and users.
 

Re: The "NEW" indicator

Reply #4 –
 
Thanks for the clarification.