Next unread post tracking not working

[Jonathan Scott]

When I login again after being away for an hour or two, the forums are showing me the same unread posts as before at the moment. Something isn't getting updated.

 

[JaredJames]

That's how it always is for me.

I just ignored it. Didn't seem like a major issue - I always know what I have / haven't read.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

It's working normally this morning.

(It's a bit odd how it works anyway - if I spend too long looking at or answering one post, it decides I've seen everything else anyway, which can be a nuisance, but if I come back in a new session after only a few minutes, it may show me the same stuff I've already seen).

 

[JaredJames]

For me, it usually shows a number of posts unread. I'll read and leave.

When I come back shortly after for new posts, it will have the new ones plus all of those old ones marked.

This happens two or three times and then just stops.

 

[brocks]

Is "next unread" something you only get if you subscribe? I've never seen it, and I came here to ask why not.

 

[JaredJames]

On the left of each post where the time / date is shown there is a small icon.

It is blue for read and orange for unread.

 

[brocks]

On the left of each post where the time / date is shown there is a small icon.

It is blue for read and orange for unread.

Thanks, but Wow. Is that supposed to be intuitive? I wouldn't have noticed that in a hundred years.

On another vBulletin board I frequent, they have a prominent menu item in each thread that says "View First Unread" and takes you there.