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Paul_Ferguson
Paul_Ferguson
Inspiring
July 27, 2014
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clunky forums

  • July 27, 2014
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How can I tell if new posts have been added to a thread I've already read?

How can I tell who the latest poster in a thread is?

Why is it that an outfit the size of Adobe with some of the best software on the planet has some of the clunkiest forums on the internet?  C'mon.  Fix it.

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    Paul_Ferguson
    Paul_FergusonAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 31, 2014

    And how do you edit a post?  What am I missing this time?

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2014

    dobro,

    You (have to) click the Actions button at the bottom left, wait, wait, edit, click Save Reply, wait, wait (and ignore any writing in red), and if the post is still unchanged, you (once again have to) click the Actions button at the bottom left, wait, wait (and ignore any writing in red), edit, click Save Reply, wait, wait, and see whether you are done.

    If the writing in red is very persistent, you may have been logged out; that happens from time to time. You may copy the edited post and insert it when you have been logged in again (after waiting another while).

    D
    Dave Merchant
    Legend
    August 1, 2014

    There's now a detailed User Manual for the Adobe Community - hopefully it will explain all your questions.

    mytaxsite
    mytaxsite
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2014

    How can I tell if new posts have been added to a thread I've already read?

    How can I tell who the latest poster in a thread is?

    1) the easiest way is to subscribe to the thread you have posted to.  When you subscribe, you will get a copy of any new posts in that thread.  Apart from this, there is no other "easy"way to tell because your inbox on Adobe forums is likely to contaion about 50 posts at any one time and nobody can ever read them all.

    2) At present you can't tell who the last poster is.  However, if you go to the Forums overview page, you will see something like this:

    As you can see, there one poster already on your thread.

    Paul_Ferguson
    Paul_FergusonAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2014

    Thanks for replying. In my browser, I don't see what your post is displaying.  If I toggle between Overview and Content views, they're almost identical.   I don't see Recent Activity with the staggered posts.  I'd like to, though.  How do you do that?

    Comment: why toggle between pages and views at all?  Why not have everything on one page the way it's done with phpBB forums?

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 27, 2014

    dobro,

    If you use the Discussions view, threads with new posts, or editions, are shown in bold.

    They are working on getting the latest poster shown again.

    Was the last question a question?

    Paul_Ferguson
    Paul_FergusonAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2014

    Thanks for the response.  Bold, eh?  Okay.  It would be better if it was a different color.  The difference between bold and normal font is minimal.

    Re: last question.  More of a complaint, actually.  I've seen small sites with phpBB that are better featured and more pleasant to use than anything Adobe's come up with for about as long as I can remember.

    Thanks for the response.

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