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Message 1269704 - Posted: 9 Aug 2012, 21:58:45 UTC
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I've noticed mutliple times today that the "new post" tag appearred on a thread I had posted to and when I reentered the thread the last post is my own.


On a completely unrelated note. I noticed that Mozilla doesn't like when I tab back out of a thread after reading it. It still shows it as being unread.

However when I click on the forum header it will show all the threads I had previously read as having been read.


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Message 1269769 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 1:15:38 UTC - in response to Message 1269704.  

I've noticed mutliple times today that the "new post" tag appearred on a thread I had posted to and when I reentered the thread the last post is my own.


Are we sure the Mods aren't hiding the new posts?

On a completely unrelated note. I noticed that Mozilla doesn't like when I tab back out of a thread after reading it. It still shows it as being unread.

However when I click on the forum header it will show all the threads I had previously read as having been read.


I have observed this behavior for the last two years on all three major browsers. I've gotten into the habit of not using the back button on these forums.
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Message 1269996 - Posted: 10 Aug 2012, 15:39:40 UTC - in response to Message 1269769.  
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this is immediately after I've posted so I don't think that they'd have time to even read a post let alone hide it after my post is made


Second point. Agreed, I just tend to ignore it though it is annoying to see.

I use IE 7 or 8 at work and it doesn't appear to do the unread thread thing


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Message 1270244 - Posted: 11 Aug 2012, 5:42:39 UTC

Not us mods, but we might do it if you ask us nicely ;-)

It would appear to be an artefact of the way the flags are calculated, when you post to a thread several fields are updated, when you leave the thread a few more get updated, now if the sequence of updates and actions gets slightly out of step you get this happen. I can't comment on the behaviour of different browsers as I normally only use Firefox.
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