I clicked on "mark all read" but I'm not sure what it accomplished.

Boo! This is a stinky thread!

Don't read this one.

forum -- since you see it only at the forum level.

That's a slightly different question. I'll see if that's possible. If not, the developers of this forum software seem to be open to suggestions.

In other words ... "Mark every forum read" is what you'd like, right?

It probably also would be nice to see unread with interspersed forum headings?

Another plea to allow clicking "mark read" to the "not read" screen.  It's getting real tedious reading thru that ever increasing number of unread topics.  Also, PLEASE collapse the ticker threads.  You did it once, but maybe not from all the screens, i.e. not read, active topics, all forums, etc.  I can't check exactly which ones without losing this reply box. 

What blue bars???

>>If you want more control, you can go to your profile and show the most recent message first.
I did that.  But when I click community/all forums I get that endless list of ticker symbols.  Earlier in this process you had that list collapsed so I could choose a-d or something instead of having to scroll thru that whole list of tickers.

>>I just changed the forum setting to show 10 rather than 25 posts per screen. Is that better? On long threads you can jump to the last screen easier ...
No, I like everything on one screen or as much as possible on one screen.  I don't want to keep having to go to page 2 and then 3 etc.

>>You also said:

>Another plea to allow clicking "mark read" to the "not read" screen.

I'm not quite sure what that means. Can you explain it to me?
I want to come in, click unread and then read the topics of interest.  When I next click unread, I will then see the remaining topics which are not of interest to me.  At that screen I want to be able to click "mark read" so those unread threads don't keep showing up on future visits.  I want the software to think I've read everything to date so next time I will see only topics posted since my last visit.  What I'd really prefer is to see only messages posted since my last visit with the option to open a whole thread only if I choose to.

I'm spending much too much time scrolling thru stuff I've already read or already decided not to read.

I'm looking for this venue to be as convenient as the BI community or more so.

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Joe,

>>If you look for the >> at the end of the dark blue bar that separates the forum sections, clicking on it will either expand or collapse the inner forums.  That should be sticky for you.  So, do it once, and you won't have to do it again.
Excellent!!

>>That is what "Active Topics" is all about.  And, you can click the drop down box with the date and time and control how far back in time you can look with Active Topics.
Not really.  Active topics gives the whole thread, not just the message since my last visit.  And active topics gives topics since a given date. 

I want it to show only MESSAGES that I haven't yet read - and I want the ability to consider everything to date as read ONLY when I choose "mark read"  If I'm not being clear, maybe we should talk on the phone.  This is really a make or break issue for me.

>>I've requested a "mark all as read" feature
Great!

>>I hope that we can exceed that standard.
I hope so.

By the way, how'd you manage to put a nice grey box around your quoted sections?

Also, why doesn't ctrl-N work here?  I tried to use ctrl-N so I could check the active topic area.  When i came back here, the whole page had expired.

I also had trouble copying the entire message to paste to the reply box.  I usually like to do that and then leave up only the parts I want.  I had to keep going back and forth to copy sections.

That's enough for one visit   I'm really not trying to be a pest, but I think you're onto something and I want it to be friendly enough for me to use without spending endless time.

>Has the mark all as read feature been implemented?

No. Not for every forum all at once.  Within a forum, though, there is a "Mark All Read" link at the bottom of the list of topics in the forum.  Look for the green check mark to locate it.

Lowell,

Where were you when you saw the link but it wasn't active?