Posted by spoc on April 2, 2004, at 1:38:51
In reply to Re: can't get this, posted by Dr. Bob on April 2, 2004, at 0:51:08
> > > > links remaining a diff color ... is so much easier than even flags just denoting what's new > > >
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> > > Maybe if you read everything. If you don't, old posts that you didn't read would be the same color as new ones. > >
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> > it seems to me that if everything I've already read is green and the rest is blue -- whether an old/unread item or a new/unread item, that's easier... I am just trying ... to absorb why it would be that diff colored links would only make it easier if I had read the whole page.
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> Sorry, let me try again. I was assuming you were looking for new items. If you had read everything before, then you could pick out the new items by color, they would be the blue ones.
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> But if you hadn't read everything before, then the old/unread items would also be blue, so you couldn't just go by color.
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> Right?
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> Bob
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Yes (or so I think as of this writing! Several new posts may appear under this no matter how sure I am that I have exhausted all my curiosity!). Anyway, I think with my apparent Internet addiction (and a bit of OCD) I'm probably more concerned with avoiding the already-read than I am with finding the new! So a perfect PB world would be one where all previously-read links stayed a diff color; old/unread ones were the default color; and new/unread ones were too but had flags on them.On my elderly PC, I have noticed as I mentioned that *some* hyperlinks in *some* parts of *some* places I go when online do indeed stay a different color, despite intervening temp file removals. So I've concluded that this randomness must be caused by the crashing and slow death of my old friend here. After I first posted the coloration question I indeed noticed that several areas on PB had stayed color coded for me, including posts, while others lost it. May have been related to which board I had open when that particular freeze and crash came?
Anyway no biggie of course, there's just a lot of stuff to scroll through here so every little bit helps! Color coding helps me keep my eyes on the road! Anyway thanks again! : )
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