Should add to the list that watched threads here seems to now be defaulting to all rather than unread, which makes it decidedly less useful.
On my UI watched threads shows all watched threads, bolded if not read, by most recent post date. If I understand correctly you'd like an option to just see unread watched threads and have all read ones hidden?
Is that a XF1 or a XF2 forum?
I see discussion about this feature being removed in XF 2: https://xenforo.com/community/threa...n-to-view-only-unread-watched-threads.158661/ with no new comments since May 2020. It appears the only way to get to that view now in XF2 is using the filter.
I think it's a good view to have, and will add investigating what options we have for this to the roadmap. There might be a plugin, or we can access it via a filter URL, etc, and then add it into the nav or UI.
I see discussion about this feature being removed in XF 2: https://xenforo.com/community/threa...n-to-view-only-unread-watched-threads.158661/ with no new comments since May 2020. It appears the only way to get to that view now in XF2 is using the filter.
I think it's a good view to have, and will add investigating what options we have for this to the roadmap. There might be a plugin, or we can access it via a filter URL, etc, and then add it into the nav or UI.
That's SHF. I don't see a version but copyright is through 2019, so perhaps XF1. Strange that they changed it - I can't imagine why people would want to add the noise of what they've already read to a default view.
I don't see any way to add a filter to that view here.
I don't see any way to add a filter to that view here.
Right, but that changes that view, which I didn’t want to do, but will take it over a noisy watched threads list.
You could bookmark this, or we could add it to the nav, but I agree it's a bit ugly:
Code:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/feeds/all?filters[unread]=1&filters[watched_threads]=1&display_style=condensed&force_empty=1
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/watched/threads
There are three ways I explore forums:
Using the filters on /community/aud-feeds works, though is device specific, and more hoops to jump through.
Looking from the outside in, I think a lot of functionality is never explored as people try to use XF the same way they used vB, which is either a global view of threads by last post date, or a forum view of the same, and a heavy reliance on e-mail notifications and summaries. I've not seen a migration occur where I've felt the staff were up to speed on or embraced the UX paradigm of XF, nor where the community was given hints on how to get on. Granted, the juice is likely not worth the squeeze on the latter, as it'd be a very small net.
There are three ways I explore forums:
- Watched threads, where I only want to see watched threads that I haven't read
- New posts, where again I only want to see new posts that I haven't read
- Forum list, where I'll go to specific forums to see what's going on
Using the filters on /community/aud-feeds works, though is device specific, and more hoops to jump through.
Looking from the outside in, I think a lot of functionality is never explored as people try to use XF the same way they used vB, which is either a global view of threads by last post date, or a forum view of the same, and a heavy reliance on e-mail notifications and summaries. I've not seen a migration occur where I've felt the staff were up to speed on or embraced the UX paradigm of XF, nor where the community was given hints on how to get on. Granted, the juice is likely not worth the squeeze on the latter, as it'd be a very small net.
Our XF-expert dev team was keen to do a webinar to demonstrate the new paradigms and we were going to do this but just ran out of time as we embraced a definite pre-Christmas migration date. We haven't sent out a mass-email yet announcing that the new forum is "ready", and I won't be doing so until I do feel that it is time for the non-hardcore members to come and check it out. IMO we have a solid month of improvements before that time. When everything is in place then a saved webinar to demonstrate the new paradigms / metaphors would be a great addition to the onboarding experience and help documentation.
And again JP I do agree with you that easy access to a nice clean list of "Unread watched threads" rather than having to have to pick through the leftovers of what you have read, is a good idea. There's a number of ways it might be implemented. Putting this as "on roadmap".
And again JP I do agree with you that easy access to a nice clean list of "Unread watched threads" rather than having to have to pick through the leftovers of what you have read, is a good idea. There's a number of ways it might be implemented. Putting this as "on roadmap".
Yep that sounds like exactly what I want. Shame it had it and they removed it! usercp on VB did exactly that. Showed you all the threads you were subscribed to that had unread content, and took you to the first unread post if you clicked on the little first unread icon beside the thread. I'll see if I can get a filter to do it, but based on the replies in that thread, it sounds like it's not possible. and it also had the option to toggle on all (not just unread), though the watched threads option here does do that.
On the other hand, I like being able to see the whole list. Any that are active pop to the top and get bold text until I've read them.
I hadn't even noticed the bold vs not bold. So that may help a bit. on VB you had the option to turn on ALL threads. It just wasn't the default. Default hid the ones you were up to date on, making a visually less cluttered list to make your way through.
Hey Michael - where has it struck - and what was the effect of the strike? Is it something that reverted or which we can fix?
That was in reference to bold text not very visible. I don't use the dark them, it's too hard to navigate see things. But Mooly loves it.
Yes, I use the viewed ones as a bookmark. (How else would I know when to stop reading 😀 )