Keeping track of where I've been.

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1

Hi.

If, while browsing through a list of recent posts (say, “unread since last visit”) I see something that looks interesting and click it…

And if indeed the thread should prove interesting, and engage my attention for some minutes (perhaps, also, a link or two further widens my straying) on returning to my start page, I regularly have no idea where I started my digression.

Some way of marking or indicating posts that have been clicked on would be helpful.

Or am I missing a trick, here, say, in my browser settings?

Regards,
kb-r

2

You can track: unread posts and unread replies to your posts.
I don’t think it is possible to track browsing using the forum.
Firefox has extension that could keep your history.

3

OK - thank you.

I was thinking of something along the lines of links changing colour after visiting.

Cgeers,
kb-r

4

Have you tried using the BACK button (or arrow) on your browser?
If you happen to stay in the same tab, that works just fine.

Going back is even easier if you happen to have a 5 button mouse. (again, providing you are in the same tab)

Surely you will recognize the page the digression started from as you go back through the pages. Wouldn’t you?

5

I do use the back button - and with a five-button mouse.

I don’t get lost within the thread, but forget which Subject caught my eye in the list of Subjects resulting from a search.

It’s now sounding heavier than it really is, but with, say, a Google search, when back at the Results page, it needs but a glance to see which links have been clicked (because the colour is changed); with this forum (and one other that I visit), with every return to the list, I have to actually read the titles to dismiss those that I have read, which can get tedious, with, e.g.,

“5.1.845 Free AV registration is repeating itself
(falls in a loop)New in Beta”
or,
“Automatically Deleted File Causing Popup At
Startup New « 1 2 3 » in avast! Free/Pro/Suite”
or,
“2009 TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons Who
Developed Golf Courses Have Eighteen Ho
New in avast! Free/Pro/Suite.”

My most successful method yet, is to open a subject in a new window, having noted the position on the list page (at the top… at the bottom… etc,).

Not to worry: my innate laziness, and quest for a hassle-free life, will never be fully satisfied; but thank you for your interest and comments.

Regards,
kb-r

6

OK, kb-r. I misunderstood at first. Sorry about that.

7

No problem, Charley - I thank you for your interest.

Regards,
kb-r