The new group-layout of New Posts
Tor
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The forum has changed very recently - now when I click 'New Posts' I get all the posts I haven't read, as before, but instead of being strictly time-sorted with the newest post appearing at the top of page 1, the new posts are now in separate groups with their own 'forum' header.
I can't say I like this change very much. Before, I would go through the pages of unread posts and select (in a tab) those I wanted to read. Read posts, then hit 'New Posts' again and look for any new ones appearing at the top of page 1. I could easily see if something new had been posted while I was picking/selecting/reading posts. Then either read that, or decide that it's fine and click 'Mark Forums Read'. Avoiding a race condition that way.
With the new layout I can't do that, because the posts are no longer time-sorted. They're only time-sorted under their own forum headers. This means that to verify that everything is ready for 'Mark Forums Read' I now have to page down through all of that, potentially through multiple pages. This is much more inconvenient. I definitely prefer the previous layout, you could still see which forum a thread belonged to there as well, so there is nothing gained with the new layout (and it also takes more space).
-Tor
I can't say I like this change very much. Before, I would go through the pages of unread posts and select (in a tab) those I wanted to read. Read posts, then hit 'New Posts' again and look for any new ones appearing at the top of page 1. I could easily see if something new had been posted while I was picking/selecting/reading posts. Then either read that, or decide that it's fine and click 'Mark Forums Read'. Avoiding a race condition that way.
With the new layout I can't do that, because the posts are no longer time-sorted. They're only time-sorted under their own forum headers. This means that to verify that everything is ready for 'Mark Forums Read' I now have to page down through all of that, potentially through multiple pages. This is much more inconvenient. I definitely prefer the previous layout, you could still see which forum a thread belonged to there as well, so there is nothing gained with the new layout (and it also takes more space).
-Tor
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