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Greasemonkey Script: See Threads with Unread Posts

In response to the new My Discussions page, I whipped up a really quick Greasemonkey script that uses localStorage (read: super-modern browser stuff) to keep track of which forum threads you've read, since My Discussions, well, doesn't (yet). Unfortunately, it only works on the forum thread lists and not My Discussions so far. It's very rough and very untested, having been started about... an hour ago, so let me know about any bugs or whatever!

You can install it by clicking here or check it out on userscripts.org. Thanks!

Posted 14 months ago by Grampa Joe Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Looks good.

    Except that it doesn't know I've already read everything.   Ah, well it will catch up eventually.
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yep, unfortunately it won't know about whether you've read something before it was installed. Also, that information is only available on that browser/computer. It has a lot of limitations!
    Posted 14 months ago by Grampa Joe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • First upgrade request:

    There are some threads I just don't follow.  Would be nice to be able to mark those as read without going all the way to the last page each time someone responds.
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had some more time, so request granted! You can now mark threads as read/unread.
    Posted 14 months ago by Grampa Joe Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmm I'm not sure a lot of people are actually reading all the posts on this forum
    Instead of having to click "mark as read" every time some random thread is created, maybe you'd want to go the other way, if that "localStorage" lets you do that
    So how about just highlighting, and only considering the topics you already visited once?
    Posted 14 months ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you :)

    ETA: it would be nice if this script also worked in the "My Discussions" tab...
    Posted 14 months ago by Victoria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lemo, that's a possibility. Before My Discussions came about, I was working on an app called Glitch Subscriber that allowed you to subscribe to forum posts—basically what you're describing. I'll think about the best way to do that in this context.

    Victoria, I'm also researching the best way to accomplish that. It'll involve a little trickery, since a link to the latest post isn't available on that page; but you should see that happening soon, assuming Tiny Speck doesn't beat me to it.
    Posted 14 months ago by Grampa Joe Subscriber! | Permalink