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In lugnet.admin.terms, Kevin Salm writes:
> Okay, my problem is not me and it is not a browser problem (Netscape v4.51).
> The problem is that I have been using (for months) the nested/compact thread
> display. I guess to make this Submit All rating feature work, I need to
> switch to the nested/all or the linear/all thread display. These thread
> displays both have the radio buttons on a single .cgi page whereas the
> compact thread display options do not. And, additionally, reading posts is
> easier, too.
d'OH!!! My bad! Now I see what was causing you the confusion! The "compact"
and "brief" thread views aren't supposed to have the "Submit Ratings" button
on them. The thread display routine doesn't currently check what display mode
it's displaying for when it adds those buttons -- but it should! (I'll go add
that.)
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> Using the nested/all and/or linear/all thread displays, how can I easily mark
> all messages as read?
There isn't any way to do this easily. The web interface grew out of an
archive capability and isn't really a newsreader. It's your web browser
which actually keeps track of what messages you've read -- it does this by
coloring URLs blue or purple (or whatever color you gave in your browser
preferences).
> How can I mark just certain messages as read?
Click on them to get your browser to display them. Then your browser knows
it's seen that URL before, and they'll show up in purple. (That's not a very
nice solution, but it's the only way currently.)
> More specifically, how to do this without leaving this thread display?
I usually right-click on "Open Link in New Window."
> Do articles become marked as read when I rate them and submit the rating?
No, your browser marks articles as read only after it when it displays them
in whole form. (It's 100% link/URL based.) However, when you submit a rating,
the server remembers this and displays a little >> symbol on the article in the
future.
--Todd
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| (...) Good. All understood and completely clear in my mind. Now I simply have to adjust my lugnet HTTP viewing habits away from the nested/compact thread display view to the linear/all thread view. Now, if I could just figure out how to adjust the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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| (...) Okay, my problem is not me and it is not a browser problem (Netscape v4.51). The problem is that I have been using (for months) the nested/compact thread display. I guess to make this Submit All rating feature work, I need to switch to the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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