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[braumeister]

I miss the app. The new experience on iphone is meh. I keep landing on post #1 in a thread I have previously read.

 

[tulak]

Using the app on an iPhone, when I click a thread it takes me to where I left off.

I select the lightning icon and then new posts. Works great and much better than the old app

My only wish is the lightning icon would take me straight to new posts instead of what’s new.

 

[Golden Mean]

This post covers it: Forums 101 - posting, accounts, basics (revised for 2024)

You have to use the +Quote button, unless I've missed something.

This is what I get when I use +quote. Notice your quoting of me is missing.

 

[Walt34]

I miss the app. The new experience on iphone is meh. I keep landing on post #1 in a thread I have previously read.

At the top of the thread (not the top of the page) to the right of the page numbers, is a link "jump to new" and that will get you to the posts you haven't yet read.

 

[USGrant1962]

I just noticed that I started a "reply" to a post and then decided not to post it. The reply is now sitting at the end of the thread, waiting to be posted, every time I go to the thread. Is there a way to delete an aborted reply?

 

[MBSC]

I just noticed that I started a "reply" to a post and then decided not to post it. The reply is now sitting at the end of the thread, waiting to be posted, every time I go to the thread. Is there a way to delete an aborted reply?

Inside the aborted reply, there should be 3 vertical dots (hamburger menu) on the right side of the toolbar (I'm using a desktop browser). Clicking that gives more options, including a floppy disk icon. Click the floppy disk and choose 'delete draft'. The draft reply should not be present the next time you visit that thread. Note: If you just reload the page, the draft reply will still be there. You have to exit the thread.

 

[target2019]

I click in the text, press CTRL + A, and hit the backspace key.

 

[JoeWras]

The question is: Can we get a question or gate applied when people respond to old threads?

The old software did this and it helped avoid some baffling thread interactions. It just presented a question, it didn't prevent replying. This appears to be missing after the update.

 

[JoeWras]

Question: I wanted to "Start a Conversation" with a member. But upon attempting, there was no checkbox to do so. I tried to do it manually, and got a message saying "You can't start a conversation with <x>"

Does this mean this person has gone fishing? Or is there a way for this person to kill the ability to get messages?

 

[Alan]

Question: I wanted to "Start a Conversation" with a member. But upon attempting, there was no checkbox to do so. I tried to do it manually, and got a message saying "You can't start a conversation with <x>"

Does this mean this person has gone fishing? Or is there a way for this person to kill the ability to get messages?

Anyone can modify their own profile, and under the option “Privacy” choose not to let any member start a conversation with you, or only those you are following or nobody.

 

[MBSC]

Even older thread! 2003!

I went to another forum that uses the same software and tried posting to an old thread. I got the warning message below, so the capability still exists on this forum like it did on the old software.

Old Thread: Hello MBSC. There have been no replies in this thread for 365 days.
Content in this thread may no longer be relevant.
Perhaps it would be better to start a new thread instead.

[checkbox] I know that this is an old thread, but I want to reply to it anyway.

 

[jazz4cash]

Still adjusting to new format. I discovered a neat feature today. When you start a new thread the software scans the title and asks if the subject is already being discussed and lists some possible duplicates. I think many of us do a manual search as I did but I like the feature as a backup.