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1-Visitor
August 2, 2010
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Need a new postings display, coupled with "Mark all read" function

  • August 2, 2010
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This is currently my biggest gripe. The Mathcad Overview page: http://communities.ptc.com/community/mathcad has no way to "Mark" as read, and an absurdly linear status display, and I have to pay attention to the time stamps to determine if there's a new posting or not.

The old collab's approach was a billion times, if not infinitely, better. You got the mark previous threads as "read" and the overview would tell you how many new postings were in each major category, and you could select to display only the new threads.

TTFN

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19-Tanzanite
August 2, 2010

Eden Mei wrote:

This is currently my biggest gripe.

And mine. And I think most other peoples too.

It's hard to keep track of what's new even if I check twice a day. If I am out of touch for a few days, forget it!

1-Visitor
August 3, 2010

Eden Mei wrote:

This is currently my biggest gripe. The Mathcad Overview page: http://communities.ptc.com/community/mathcad has no way to "Mark" as read, and an absurdly linear status display, and I have to pay attention to the time stamps to determine if there's a new posting or not.

The old collab's approach was a billion times, if not infinitely, better. You got the mark previous threads as "read" and the overview would tell you how many new postings were in each major category, and you could select to display only the new threads.

TTFN

Eden,

This problem is becoming increasingly frustrating and has been highlighted by your post in the 'Function to determine quadrant' thread. As Richard states it is near impossible to track the progress of each thread. The only logical way is to respond to the e-mail notifications in-turn and they are received.

Mike

19-Tanzanite
August 3, 2010

MIke Armstrong wrote:

The only logical way is to respond to the e-mail notifications in-turn and they are received.

IMHO, that is a non-solution. You can only get notifications about threads you have posted in, so you will not get to see everything that is new. And if you were allowed to get notifications about every new post can you imagine what your inbox would look like if you went on vacation for a week!

1-Visitor
August 3, 2010

Richard Jackson wrote:

IMHO, that is a non-solution. You can only get notifications about threads you have posted in, so you will not get to see everything that is new. And if you were allowed to get notifications about every new post can you imagine what your inbox would look like if you went on vacation for a week!

It is a non-solution, but it seems the best way to keep track of the threads that I have in. It's becoming very tedious and time consuming. Surly this can't be the hardest thing for PTC to implement.

PTC can send you a notification for every post via e-mail, so why can't they show it on the site for every thread????

Is PTC even listening to all these gripes, or are we moaning to each?

Mike

12-Amethyst
August 3, 2010

Hi Eden,

Look at the Discussion tab, from there you can view what's new (or updated) versus what you've already ready.Use the same technique for each sub-community.

19-Tanzanite
August 3, 2010

BostonDan wrote:

Look at the Discussion tab, from there you can view what's new (or updated) versus what you've already ready.Use the same technique for each sub-community.

As already stated though, several times, nobody has the time or the inclination to go through every sub-forum one at a time to see what is new.

1-Visitor
August 4, 2010

Richard Jackson wrote:

BostonDan wrote:

Look at the Discussion tab, from there you can view what's new (or updated) versus what you've already ready.Use the same technique for each sub-community.

As already stated though, several times, nobody has the time or the inclination to go through every sub-forum one at a time to see what is new.

Yes, that's what I called weeks ago "Lost threads". Under "Mathcad", pile them all and one click for all.