Are the Gremlins at it again or is MTM imposing on me.

This topic has 8 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 31 October 2013 at 14:17 by Sub Mandrel.

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30 October 2013 at 22:44 #134196
Robert Dodds
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Like many others I go to ME home page and then slip over to Latest Forum Posts to choose a preferred read.
Until recently I have been directed to the opening page of my chosen topic and could read the OP and get the gist of what it was about and then browse through the assorted responses.
Something has happened to change this. I now go to the top of the last page of any multi-paged topic and see a response which can on occasion bear little relationship to the original question or comment and I find this more than a little annoying.
It is further confusing that if I approach the forum topics from the longer list of More Latest Posts and choose a multi-page topic from there I am directed, as in the past, to the opening page and can see the OP.
Is this an intentional change or does the site have some concealed Personal Preferences settings that I don't know about?
Or is it just another unintended consequence of recent changes to the layout?

Bob D
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30 October 2013 at 22:44 #22925
Robert Dodds
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I don’t want to be pushed to pg. 5 of a forum post
30 October 2013 at 22:52 #134199
John Stevenson 1
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@johnstevenson1
Takes you to the last page looked at in a multipage post.

If you haven't read the post before it goes to the start. I quite like it as it saves you having to scroll to the bottom to see if you got that far and choose last page
30 October 2013 at 22:56 #134200
GaryM
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@garym
Hi Bob,

If you bookmark this page

**LINK**

it will take you to the first page of any thread you click on. Or at least it does for me.

Gary
30 October 2013 at 23:34 #134204
Bazyle
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@bazyle
There is a flag to set somewhere, probably in your profile, that you set to make it go to the latest page of posts in any thread you have already read part of. IT only takes you to the top of the page, not the actual new post. Guess it is limitting the amount of data it has to save on your pc cookies. Dome forums go right to what you want to read.
30 October 2013 at 23:41 #134205
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Erm maybe not anymore. Eventually found my profile via 'settings' but no flag. There used ot be one but maybe it is just default now.
31 October 2013 at 07:26 #134211
JasonB
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@jasonb
Settings – My Account – first option is start at first or last page

J
31 October 2013 at 10:39 #134232
John Hinkley
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JasonB

Done that. Still goes to the latest post even though first post is selected as default.

John
31 October 2013 at 14:17 #134249
Sub Mandrel
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@submandrel
When I find that I am on the first page of along thread, it means that either:
1. I have been logged out and need to log in again.
2. I have clicked on a link in the 'latest forum posts' panel.
Neil
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