What's the purpose of 'Go To First New Post?'

[ATXbronco 4062]

It seems like both options in the screenshot below do pretty much the same thing.
They both take you to the first unread post.

It would be cool if the second option actually went the the first new post.... 
...as of that moment.  Like, the newest of the new posts.  

But instead, it goes to the first unread post which is actually 44 posts old in the case of the screenshot below.
Does that make sense?

[South Austin 52431]

And what’s the deal with Ovaltine?

[Braff Zacklin 13551]

It comes in a round container. You put it in a round glass. Why don't they just call it "Roundtine?"

[immamac 42832]

I didn't realize they did the same thing? What are you using it goes to the last post for me 

[YGIFS 19449]

i mean, the first post is there.  The first reply is there.

Why don't they call it "Postine?"  

[PilotsError 2286]

Why would not want to go straight to your last unread?

[Rex Kramer 1330]

1 hour ago, PilotsError said:

Why would not want to go straight to your last unread?

This is absolutely right and I think the OP’s point. Yet somehow I feel like I should randomly neg this benign post. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

On 6/1/2024 at 10:24 PM, ATXbronco said:

It seems like both options in the screenshot below do pretty much the same thing.
They both take you to the first unread post.

It would be cool if the second option actually went the the first new post.... 
...as of that moment.  Like, the newest of the new posts.  

But instead, it goes to the first unread post which is actually 44 posts old in the case of the screenshot below.
Does that make sense?

X2.  It is somewhat frustrating at times.  I stand with @ATXbronco.

[ATXbronco 4062]

Guess I forgot to subscribe to this thread.  

 

3 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

X2.  It is somewhat frustrating at times.  I stand with @ATXbronco.

Thank you!

 

On 6/2/2024 at 11:47 AM, immamac said:

I didn't realize they did the same thing? What are you using it goes to the last post for me 

Yeah, sometimes I want to see the first (oldest) unread post.  

And other times, like on game day when there's a couple hundred posts a minute, I want to go to the last (newest) unread post.
Like, someone just scored and I want to see what people are saying about it.  Not view a conversation that's already two minutes old.

Do you think it's something that can be changed?

[ATXbronco 4062]

Btw, I'm building a Xenforo forum right now and I want to compliment you on the very cool setup that you've got here.
 

[immamac 42832]

1 minute ago, ATXbronco said:

Btw, I'm building a Xenforo forum right now and I want to compliment you on the very cool setup that you've got here.
 

Is there a reason you chose xenforo? What are you doing for hosting? 

[ATXbronco 4062]

3 minutes ago, immamac said:

Is there a reason you chose xenforo? What are you doing for hosting? 

It was the most recommended at the time a few years ago when I built the first forum when we migrated from vBulletin.
Well, someone else did the building and I did the theming.  

Xenforo has been really good for us.  No issues with the forum software.  

At the time, Linode & Litespeed were recommended by the Xenforo builder.
But our small forum costs have increased from $35/month to $165/month over time.  
We've got a VPS with Linode on the shared 16GB/320GB plan.

I'm learning/doing all the build work this time around as we move from soon-to-be-EOL CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8.
I think I'm going to go with the Ionus 240GB VPS plan.  Super cheap and we're small enough to make the limitations work.

I'm experimenting with CentMin Mod for it.  

 

[immamac 42832]

23 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

It was the most recommended at the time a few years ago when I built the first forum when we migrated from vBulletin.
Well, someone else did the building and I did the theming.  

Xenforo has been really good for us.  No issues with the forum software.  

At the time, Linode & Litespeed were recommended by the Xenforo builder.
But our small forum costs have increased from $35/month to $165/month over time.  
We've got a VPS with Linode on the shared 16GB/320GB plan.

I'm learning/doing all the build work this time around as we move from soon-to-be-EOL CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8.
I think I'm going to go with the Ionus 240GB VPS plan.  Super cheap and we're small enough to make the limitations work.

I'm experimenting with CentMin Mod for it.  

 

DM me if you want help or if you want to host it out of our rack instead

[Gatorubet 30183]

On 6/9/2024 at 11:47 AM, ATXbronco said:

 

Do you think it's something that can be changed?

Do we get the nice thing?

Do we touch ourselves?

I think you have your answer.