Don Lashier
New member
Hi Dave,
> 'what's new' link usually only shows stuff that was posted since my last login timed out
There's only a few BB's that handle this correctly, or perhaps it's option settings as correct tracking of "read" posts requires more resources. In any case I just make the habit of reading all unread during a particular session but still sometimes miss a few that I discover later. The "New Posts" link at the top helps.
> I've not set the 'remember me' box, so maybe that would cure it
I believe it would, and I always do this on fora and have never been timed out here.
> but I pine for the 'old days' when a good threaded newsreader (like 'tin') was all you needed
Nice pun I used to be an avid follower of alt.coffee and also am still on several very active maillists, but I've got to say that I prefer web forums. I've been an ISP since '95 and a few years back accidently let my outsourced news reader service lapse. Several months went by and only 1 person out of 1200 customers complained so I decided it wasn't worth the $100/month. I still occasionally read news groups but just use google news.
I miss teletypes too - they kept your fingers in shape for guitar playing.
- DL (on the "net" since 1970)
> 'what's new' link usually only shows stuff that was posted since my last login timed out
There's only a few BB's that handle this correctly, or perhaps it's option settings as correct tracking of "read" posts requires more resources. In any case I just make the habit of reading all unread during a particular session but still sometimes miss a few that I discover later. The "New Posts" link at the top helps.
> I've not set the 'remember me' box, so maybe that would cure it
I believe it would, and I always do this on fora and have never been timed out here.
> but I pine for the 'old days' when a good threaded newsreader (like 'tin') was all you needed
Nice pun I used to be an avid follower of alt.coffee and also am still on several very active maillists, but I've got to say that I prefer web forums. I've been an ISP since '95 and a few years back accidently let my outsourced news reader service lapse. Several months went by and only 1 person out of 1200 customers complained so I decided it wasn't worth the $100/month. I still occasionally read news groups but just use google news.
I miss teletypes too - they kept your fingers in shape for guitar playing.
- DL (on the "net" since 1970)