zlim Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Other forums I go to, indicate one way or the other,(sometimes a check, other times my nym) threads I have posted to. Is it possible to do the same here? Images removed by plodr. Edited July 25, 2021 by zlim images no longer needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I do not think that it is possible with our current software but Eric would know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, zlim said: Is it possible to do the same here? There is a ✰ that appears on the far left side of the thread listings in all forums. When you see that ✰, it means that you have participated in that thread. Screenshot: However, I will tell you this... I cannot see that star with my Firefox browser. I have to use Chromium to see it. So, for me to keep track of posts I've participated in I use a combination of "Notifications" and the "Unread" link, which I have customized to show posts that I "follow" when I click on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Ah, that is what the star is for. I figured it was something else as it is grayed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I don't think it's actually grayed out. I think it's just that faded color on porpoise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: I don't think it's actually grayed out. I think it's just that faded color on porpoise. Gotcha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 10 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: There is a ✰ that appears on the far left side of the thread listings in all forums. When you see that ✰, it means that you have participated in that thread. ... However, I will tell you this... I cannot see that star with my Firefox browser. I have to use Chromium to see it. So, for me to keep track of posts I've participated in I use a combination of "Notifications" and the "Unread" link, which I have customized to show posts that I "follow" when I click on it. I see the star in Firefox 78.12.0esr. Didn't realise what it meant until now, so thanks Eric. You seem to have occasional weird problems with your FF, too many custom user preferences? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 12 hours ago, sunrat said: You seem to have occasional weird problems with your FF, too many custom user preferences? Nah... more than likely, it's my VERY locked-down security settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thank you for explaining the significance of that star! I did not know what it meant. Problem solved! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 No problemo. You're very welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 8:02 AM, V.T. Eric Layton said: There is a ✰ that appears on the far left side of the thread listings in all forums. When you see that ✰, it means that you have participated in that thread. uhm, are you sure about that? When I hover over a filled in star the minipopup says "go to first unread post". Unless by "participated" you mean read a post and not just wrote a post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 6 hours ago, crp said: uhm, are you sure about that? When I hover over a filled in star the minipopup says "go to first unread post". Unless by "participated" you mean read a post and not just wrote a post. I think a filled-in dark star means you have contributed and there are new posts in that thread. If there are new posts in a thread to which you haven't contributed you will see a blue circle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Contributed also includes clicking the "Like" button on the lower right side of a post, I believe. > If there are new posts in a thread to which you haven't contributed you will see a blue circle. And yes to this. I forgot to mention the blue circles in my replies above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 wow, to me that star / circle is very subtle , didn't realize they were not the 'same' thing. how do people using phones tell the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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