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Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162206] Thu, 09 March 2006 03:13 Go to next message
Littlefoot
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There are two kinds of topic icons: blue ones which say that there aren't new posts in this topic, and red ones which, on the other hand, show us that there are new posts since our last visit.

Could those icons be modified in order to show users that they participated in topic discussion? They might stay the way they are - red and blue, but with ... I don't know ... a yellow circle on it to show I have some posts in there. Does it make any sense?

I don't know about other forum members, but I'd like to have such a feature enabled Smile
Re: Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162214 is a reply to message #162206] Thu, 09 March 2006 03:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank
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Sounds neat, but wouldn't that slow things down?
Re: Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162230 is a reply to message #162214] Thu, 09 March 2006 04:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Maaher
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I think it's a good idea. Let's see what Frank Naude has to say about it.

MHE
Re: Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162259 is a reply to message #162230] Thu, 09 March 2006 07:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank Naude
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Thanks for the suggestion - it's definitely a good idea! However, we will have to do some homework to see how easy/difficult it would be to implement, and what performance impact it would have.
Re: Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162341 is a reply to message #162259] Thu, 09 March 2006 16:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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While we are on a topic associated with 'better than red and blue', I would like to be able to mark an entry as either 'unread' (go back to red) or 'to revisit' (another colour).

David
Re: Topic icons - could they be modified a little bit? [message #162407 is a reply to message #162341] Fri, 10 March 2006 01:37 Go to previous message
Frank
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I second that. It would offer the chance to first browse the whole list, and afterwards revisit the marked topics.

Edit: Better yet, offer the possibility to watch a thread. Not by being notified by email, but by displaying it as an alternate icon.

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