"Go to last post"

[Bryn]

Simon - Ignore the tonic solfa . I don't get that at all. There are 45 'new posts' over three pages and each one has a blue button alongside it.

Bryn, if you understand the point, could you explain it to me, please?

Here's a screen grab of a fairly typical "New Posts" page:



Note that the six messages which I have read, have no blue double arrow link on the left side of the screen. The one new message I have read has no such link arrows on the left of the screen. However, all names, even Richard Tarleton's, have a blue double arrow link to the right of them.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Many thanks, Cellini & French Frank. I think I've got it now.

[Don Petter]

EA, A useful practice on logging in is to take a quick look at the homepage and then go up to the red bar at the top of the page and click on What's New? (this is the same as New posts, the link just below). Things are very busy at the moment so there are three pages of 'New Posts'. Just by the name of the last poster is a small blue button. If you click on that it will take you to the latest post in the thread. Also, the main thread title will be in bold if you haven't read that last post already. If you have read it, and there have been no new posts since, the bold comes off. Clear?

I'm seeing all the arrows etc, but my 'What's New' only runs to two pages (1 to 20 and 21). Does that depend on some local setting?

[french frank]

I'm seeing all the arrows etc, but my 'What's New' only runs to two pages (1 to 20 and 21). Does that depend on some local setting?

You do have some control over what you see and how the threads are displayed, but I didn't think I'd set mine in any special way. Currently showing 48 new posts on three pages. Can't explain why yours is less ... A bit of exploring needed there.

Bryn, yes, the left hand blue button is to the first post in the thread, and it disappears when the thread title is no longer bold because there have been no new posts since you last visited.

I can see we ought to have a special How do you ... and What is ... forum. It will rapidly become the most popular.

[Simon]

Thank you Bryn for that helpful illustration.

If I were to do a screen grab in the same way, the arrows to the right of Richard's name would be invisible, as would be the last few letters of his surname. That's why I asked the initial questipon.

Clearly it's a screen issue that I have and others don't - though there may be some that do in the future.

Cleared up now - no worries! Thanks to all.

[Bryn]

I have the screen on this old XP laptop set to a resolution of 1280x800.

[johnb]

Cleared up now - no worries! Thanks to all.

Simon, do you mean that the arrows are now all visible or that you have given up on the problem?

If you still have a problem with some arrows not being visible it needs to be resolved, both for you and to avoid it occurring with other people.

I've been doing a test using Internet Explorer. I can get the effect you are describing if I run IE as a Window instead of maximising it.

(Both FF and I have asked you to check this, but you might have passed over the posts.)

[Don Petter]

Bryn, yes, the left hand blue button is to the first post in the thread, and it disappears when the thread title is no longer bold because there have been no new posts since you last visited.

Isn't the left hand blue button for the first unread post, not the first post overall?

[Bryn]

Quite, hence the way it disappears.

I have found that I can replicate the problem Simon is having by taking the screen resolition down to 800x600. That may well be the resolution he is stuck with.

[James Wonnacott]

In both FF and mickymousetrosoft I get blue arrows however long the name is.

[Bryn]

But what screen resolution are you using, James?

[johnb]

Simon and Bryn,

I've tried the 800x600 resolution too and also get the effect Simon is describing (with IE maximised).

Simon - if this is the resolution you are using, going to View/Zoom Out in IE will correct the layout but the text will be smaller and might be more tiring to read.

(The same thing happens when you have a screen with a higher resolution but have set IE to Zoom In.)

[Flosshilde]

To add my two-penn'orth, I get a blue circle with downward-pointing arrows on the left of the screen, by the thread title, & a blue square with arrows pointing right on the right side. It's on the line below the member's name, so it doesn't matter how long the name is.

[french frank]

Isn't the left hand blue button for the first unread post, not the first post overall?

Yes, as Bryn confirms. I should have said Go to first new post.

[johnb]

Just to round off this thread, I suspect we have an answer to Simon's problem:

It can be caused when a browser is set to 'zoom in' or by using a screen with 800x600 resolution (as Bryn pointed out). In each case zooming out (View/Zoom Out) can resolve the matter (at the cost of slightly smaller text).

Simon, if you read this, please let us know whether using View/Zoom Out resolves the problem.