Admin needs to know how important the stuff talked about in 'tea' is, that alert could be the difference between getting a biscuit or missing out
(especially if Jo's in there.
Just noticed in the tea thread that Arch's post from 12 minutes ago gave me an alert, but Speicher's a minute later still shows nothing.
Now I know most of her stuff is not worth reading but it would be nice to know she was still with us
ps it then alerted for the Doc's post 10 minutes after that.
Yes ... but it's not always working like that. For example, I'll contribute to a thread and go and read something else, click the "what's new" link and see that someone else has contributed to the same thread but the alert hasn't told me. There are so many updated threads that it's easy to miss them - I caught up on one thread this morning that people had been posting to yesterday evening but the thingywotsit never told me.AFAIK it works by alerting you to the first reply after you've read a thread, but not any subsequent ones - on the assumption you'll see them when you respond to the alert.
If it alerted you to every single new post on every watched thread you'd be overwhelmed with the flippin' things.
After you've read the thread again (in response to the initial alert), the very next reply will prompt another alert and so on.
Does that make sense? ...
I'll double-check on the XF site tomorrow and try to find out the technical details of how they work - it may be that they need adjusting or fixing ...
i do love all these new smileys
I'll double-check on the XF site tomorrow and try to find out the technical details of how they work - it may be that they need adjusting or fixing ...
Sits down and watches developments
