Found a Bug?

[lebb]

As far as I know, the threads do get marked as read properly, but the "go to first new post" button (thats what youre referring to, Banjo?) seems to take you to the first new post since the last time you logged in or marked all forums read. I think it has always worked this way, whether by design or mistake.

 

[Thinker]

I have never in all the time we have used vBulletin seen a thread
marked as read by reading it. I wish I knew what you meant.

 

[AWS]

I have seen it happen. I also notice that if I reply to a thread and then go back to the main page all threads will be marked read.
I have found that this is not a problem with vbulletin but is a problem with browser settings. I have experimented and if you have the option to check for new versions of a page set to always the problem exists. Setting it to auto or once a session cures it.

 

[Thinker]

Laura has now explained to me what she is talking about. I have
always looked at the first unread post arrow as the sign whether
a thread is read or not. I have never looked at the envelopes as
to whether they are open or closed. I see now that they close.

 

[wild wolf]

Bob, i have noticed that if i dont login into my account and use the forumas guest, i cannot see some of the threads, i just freaked out when i was browsing the forum to check if there was any reply to my post, my thread was gone only to realize later after i logged in that it was still there. In simple words if a person does not login u see diff posts and after u login u see diff posts. Iam using the lite blue style set.

asrar

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by the way hi laura, long time no chat
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[Iceplug]

Originally posted by Thinker
Laura has now explained to me what she is talking about. I have
always looked at the first unread post arrow as the sign whether
a thread is read or not. I have never looked at the envelopes as
to whether they are open or closed. I see now that they close.

I think Ive seen this too, although Ive only seen it associated with the poll threads... if someone votes, the blue (new post) icon shows up and the person who last posted in the thread has their name on, but the last time is indicated by the vote time... IMO.

 

[Banjo]

Originally posted by Thinker
Laura has now explained to me what she is talking about. I have
always looked at the first unread post arrow as the sign whether
a thread is read or not. I have never looked at the envelopes as
to whether they are open or closed. I see now that they close.

Yeah, I did too. I only recently noticed the envelopes.
You may remember me complaining about this when we originally switched to vBulletin. I completely missed the envelopes was just looking at the big blue arrow as an indicator of read status.

 

[lebb]

How funny. I have only recently started using the arrows; before that, the opened/closed envelopes are all I paid attention to.

...if someone votes, the blue (new post) icon shows up and the person who last posted in the thread has their name on, but the last time is indicated by the vote time...

This is by design (and a fairly recent change), so you can tell when someone has voted on a poll.