"Get first un-read post"

[Luke]

This is something that's been bugging me for a while. Essentially the three options you have is:

1) View first post (clicking on topic title)
2) Get last post (clicking the date in last post)
3) Get first un-read post (if you click the orange icon that only shows up if a topic is un-read)

To me this isn't very intuitive... Not only that, but the third doesn't seem to always work..

What I would like to see is a fourth configurable option:

4) Get last post I made

More often than not I've read everything before posting and I want to see everything else after I've posted. 9/10 even after I've clicked the topic and it got marked as "read" I still want to start on my last post. But in order to do this I have to wade through posts until I find the one I made (I think my last post was on page 3?)...

So for this I would see two useful options:

1) Change "first un-read post" to "last post I made"
2) Whether or not the action is "first un-read post" or "last post I made" make the topic title that action as well. (Bonus points: If someone bumped a 3 year old topic that I posted in and forgot, it'll take me to my last post and I'll instantly remember that topic, thus saving time and making me less frustrated that a 3 year old topic was bumped!)

Another neat feature is when you click on "# Replies" make the number of posts next to each name clickable and let you see their last post as well.

[bfarber]

Hmm, I like the idea actually. I don't know that we could remove any of the existing options, and I think another icon in the forum listing would clutter it up too much, so we'd have to come up with some way to get you there. Good idea at the core though.

[Luke]

That's why I suggested making two configurable options in the UserCP:

#1) Toggle the behavior of the orange icon to "first un-read post" or "last post I made" - default being "first un-read post"
#2) Toggle the behavior of the topic title to be first post or "last post I made" - default being first post

On my user account I would set both to "last post I made". In the case where I haven't made any posts in a particular topic the default configurations would apply ("first un-read post" for #1 and first post for #2)

You wouldn't have to change anything on the interface itself.

And also (as suggested) when you click the "# Replies" you can click the number to see the last post made by that user (or better yet, the first post they made that's after your last post - so you can jump to what they said after you).

[Jaggi]

i'm not for removing any of the options as i like having what we have now your idea is valid though and i agree with bfarber a new icon would make it more confusing it. maybe link the topic icon on the left? its a bit of an awkward one.

[rct2·com]

I like the current options. I like your idea Luke (living up to the tag under your avatar ;) ), but I wouldn't like to lose the current options.

[Luke]

*cough* do it for 3.1 *cough*