"mark as unread" on a thread?

Is this possible? Like our d-mail has? Many times i have a lot of new threads to look at, and if I want to reply to one then get sidetracked, and can't remember which thread, or even which forum...lol
Would be nice to be able to mark it as unread until I can get to it later.

Great idea - I've done the exact same thing.

One possibility would be add it to your favorites, edit it to note you want to reply.

I'd love the "mark as unread" option for threads!

I'd love to see this option as well.

If I add a "Mark as unread" then the Skip to New won't work for you if you use it. The features are linked together. Are you willing to lose Skip to New functionality (in the thread you mark as unread only) to gain mark as unread functionality?

dave

For the people who just hit the "End" key on their keyboard to go to the end of the thread it wouldn't make any difference really, would it?

The End key takes you to the end of the thread,doesn't it? The Skip to New takes you to the place in the thread where you last read it.

no, not willing to lose the skip to new feature.

I LOVE the skip to new feature...

please don't take away "skip to new!"

Even a quick response will put the thread on your watched list, and then it's easy to find.

Dave,
You're not saying that if you add the "Mark As Unread" feature that you would eliminate the "Skip To New" feature all together, right? Just that we couldn't use the "Skip To New" on the same thread that we had "Marked as Unread".

edited because I hit send too soon:

Also, if we later read the thread, would that reinstate the function of the "Skip To New" feature?

This message was edited Jul 31, 2007 3:24 PM

Sorry, I didn't read the parenthetical explanation closely enough in Dave's response...

As long as "skip to new" is lost only on the thread that I've just marked as unread, until I go back and read it again, I'm fine with that.

Yes, it would work that way only on the specific thread. If you "Mark as Unread" a thread, then next time you visit it, the "Skip to new" would actually take you to the first post in the thread. If ya'll are okay with that, then I'll be happy to add in the feature.

dave

Mark as Unread is now in! It's at the top, next to the "Watch this thread" link.

dave

Wow! More "magic" at Dave's Garden. Cool!

Yayyyy, thanks Dave.

Excellent! Thank you! I know I've forgotten to go back and comment on a few things-this will be so helpful! :) :) :)

That makes complete sense. If the thread is "unread" then all posts are "new!"

Thanks for another great option/feature, Dave!

Thanks Dave. I think this will come in handy when I peek onto DG while I'm at work. I don't usually post from work - so I can remember to go back and post when I come home.

Thanks Dave!!!

I enhanced the "Mark as unread" so it now works with Skip to new!!

When you mark as unread a thread, then next time you come in it will think that you just haven't seen the very latest reply that was there when you marked it as unread.

dave

oh, very cool!

You're just too good to us Dave and we love it ;-)

This is at the top of the Threads, I agreee and I like it. It is also showing up at the bottom of the threads here:

Dave's Garden
The Dave's Garden forum
Back to the top of this thread
Watch Thread Mark as unread


I think the "Mark as unread" needs it own line and bullet.

I think got2b is right. It's fine at the top of the page, but at the bottom it needs its own bullet.

Thanks for cleaning up the bullet formatting! :)

I didn't think I would use either "Mark as unread" or "Skip to New" but after using them a while I love them. Hmm, does that mean I'm getting old and resisting new/changes? lol

Laughing so hard right now.

Never, and I mean never, have I ever pushed the END button. I did not know
what it did, nor did I care to know. As a test, I pushed it, and wa-la.

Now can someone tell me what the 'insert' button does?

LOL

Karen Marie

Very cool :-) I like this. Thanks Dave, for making this site so responsive to our needs, and thanks threegardeners for suggesting this.

--Ginny

Karen:

You don't want to know what that insert button does - LOL!!

Ha ha ha! I pushed it and nothing happened. Though maybe, just maybe
it did something I'll never know about until the computer poops out. The
technician will ask "You didn't push the 'insert' button, did you?"

;-)

The only thing I've ever found that the insert button does is if you're in word processing software (probably spreadsheets and things too) it lets you toggle between "insert" and "overtype" mode. If your cursor is in the middle of an area of text that you've already typed, "insert" means if you start typing there, the new text will be inserted in the middle of the old text, but if you're in "overtype", then it will type over any text that was after the cursor. Personally I never use the overtype mode--insert is usually the default when you open the program so you probably don't even need to use the key unless you like the overtype mode.

Ah, many thanks!

And that's exactly why I hate to accidently hit the 'insert' button.

OK - I am going to ask the question because I can't be the only one wondering....

(I want to use a small font for the question...but don't think I can....) So, here goes.......

Is Dave a real person??

yes he is ;o)

Here ya go missingrosie, scroll down. http://davesgarden.com/members/dave/

Thank You Brinda
I have to learn my way around the site.
There is so much great info here. Best money I ever spent.

I even learned that perhaps some thought the 'rosie' I was missing was Rosie O'Donnell !! (NOT) My Rosie is my pointer - she died last July. I still miss her.

Anyway, lots of great info and lots of great folks who are willing to take the time to educate. ...and now I know Dave IS a real person!

You're most welcome! You will meet many wonderful people here and make tons of great friends too.

Dave? I have a question. What are the possibilities of switching places with the 'Watch Thread' and the 'Mark as unread'? I'm just so used to clicking the bottom link when I want to watch a thread that many times I don't look close enough to know what I might click. LOL

Is it just me or is anyone else experiencing this?