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Jaffamitsu
05-20-2007, 07:32 PM
Anyone know how to like keep an eye on multiple threads rather than going back and forth on threads you've posted in? Im rather new so i just wondered if it were possible? Not to worry if not...:)

Necronopticous
05-20-2007, 07:44 PM
Multiple browser windows/browser tabs + refresh?

Jaffamitsu
05-20-2007, 07:47 PM
Oh yeah i guess so....i just prefer not to have many browser windows open...Thanks

Necronopticous
05-20-2007, 07:50 PM
<A href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">Welcome to tabbed browsing</A>.

Jaffamitsu
05-20-2007, 07:55 PM
haha thanks...so much yet to discover...

rubah
05-20-2007, 08:45 PM
You could subscribe to the threads, so that you get an e-mail when someone else posts in them. At least, I <em>think</em> that's what thread subscription does.

At the top of a thread, under 'thread tools' click thread subscription.

Discord
05-20-2007, 08:53 PM
<A href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">Welcome to tabbed browsing</A>.:shoot::shoot::shoot::shoot:

Nevah.

That link leads to a pornosite with automatically installing viruses, ad-ware and illegal download programs that send you directly to prison!!! Go here instead:

Internet Explorer: Home Page (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx)

Tabbed browsing supreme.:p

Roto13
05-20-2007, 09:00 PM
You could subscribe to the threads, so that you get an e-mail when someone else posts in them. At least, I <em>think</em> that's what thread subscription does.
Yeah. You can also set it to send an email like once a week or something. I used to do that on a smaller forum I was a member of, but this place is too big. It gets annoying after a while. :P


<A href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">Welcome to tabbed browsing</A>.:shoot::shoot::shoot::shoot:

Nevah.

That link leads to a pornosite with automatically installing viruses, ad-ware and illegal download programs that send you directly to prison!!! Go here instead:

Internet Explorer: Home Page (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx)

Tabbed browsing supreme.:p
gtfo

rubah
05-20-2007, 09:01 PM
We need an instaban policy for promoting internet explorer.

Discord
05-20-2007, 09:04 PM
It's just too cool for you Roto. Admit it.:roll:

Jaffamitsu
05-20-2007, 09:07 PM
Yeah i was looking for some sort of subscription thing to like tell me when new posts are written but if its too much trouble then ill just carry on the way i am now...Thanks :D

Roto13
05-20-2007, 10:12 PM
It's just too cool for you Roto. Admit it.:roll:
Yes, my Stumble Upon, torrent finder, adblock, download managers, video downloader and McAffee site adviser are no match for your increased risk by using a browser that is embedded in your OS. xP

Yeah i was looking for some sort of subscription thing to like tell me when new posts are written but if its too much trouble then ill just carry on the way i am now...Thanks :D
It's not much trouble, really. When you reply to a thread, checkout the "Thread Subscription" text box below the posting field.

rubah
05-20-2007, 11:24 PM
Way to ignore my post :(

:'(

Baloki
05-20-2007, 11:34 PM
*bans you all for not being Dr Unne*?

Discord
05-21-2007, 12:40 AM
Way to ignore my post :(

:'(

*puts on his shiny armour bearing the arms of Internet Explorer 7*

Thy hath hurt the Lady. Aaaaaaarg! :fencing:

Been using IE since... 1998, the year when I actually started to seriously browse the net. Never had any problems or complains about it. A good external guard and a set of third party applications, written in C++, work much faster than the Foxy Abominations. And then there is the great new layout which Microsoft stole from Firefox 1.:D

o_O
05-21-2007, 01:38 AM
Surely the superior security of Firefox is reason enough to use it? :p

When I'm skipping between forums, I first open all the threads I want to in new tabs, then I use the breadcrumb links at the top to jump to another forum, where I repeat as necessary.

Discord
05-21-2007, 01:49 AM
Surely the superior security of Firefox is reason enough to use it? :p

When I'm skipping between forums, I first open all the threads I want to in new tabs, then I use the breadcrumb links at the top to jump to another forum, where I repeat as necessary.

Which works just as fine with IE7.:love:

I've had a total of 2 security breaches in a decade, both of which were still on a Win 98 unprotected system. Security has proven to be very decent with IE in my case.:tongue:

I did consider switching to Firefox because of the better navigation back in 2005, but after they've included the tabs and the search bar in the new IE, the wish faded.

rubah
05-21-2007, 06:00 AM
There's always the 'lol you have to run at least xp sp2' aspect of IE7 to contend with.

Also it's like two and a half times the size to download!

o_O
05-21-2007, 06:22 AM
And its incapability to deal with CSS in quite as an acceptable manner as Firefox (or most other browsers). :p
And of course the whole "if you run Windows you run IE whether you like it or not" thing. :{

Leeza
05-21-2007, 08:13 AM
Yeah i was looking for some sort of subscription thing to like tell me when new posts are written but if its too much trouble then ill just carry on the way i am now...Thanks :D
It's not much trouble, really. When you reply to a thread, checkout the "Thread Subscription" text box below the posting field.

And if you want a new post notification for <i>every</i> thread that you have posted in, you can also go to your User CP > Edit Options > and choose Instant email notification for your Default Thread Subscription Mode.

Baloki
05-21-2007, 10:48 AM
Yeah i was looking for some sort of subscription thing to like tell me when new posts are written but if its too much trouble then ill just carry on the way i am now...Thanks :D
It's not much trouble, really. When you reply to a thread, checkout the "Thread Subscription" text box below the posting field.

And if you want a new post notification for <i>every</i> thread that you have posted in, you can also go to your User CP > Edit Options > and choose Instant email notification for your Default Thread Subscription Mode.

That's never worked for me :(

Discord
05-21-2007, 04:48 PM
There's always the 'lol you have to run at least xp sp2' aspect of IE7 to contend with.

Also it's like two and a half times the size to download!

Why would I run SP1 in the first place? And how is the download size a criteria for the quality of the browser. You get it once and that's pretty much it.:rolleyes2


And its incapability to deal with CSS in quite as an acceptable manner as Firefox (or most other browsers). :p
And of course the whole "if you run Windows you run IE whether you like it or not" thing. :{

Do you know any pages that don't run on IE7 properly? I don't.:p

Leeza
05-21-2007, 05:28 PM
And if you want a new post notification for <i>every</i> thread that you have posted in, you can also go to your User CP > Edit Options > and choose Instant email notification for your Default Thread Subscription Mode.

That's never worked for me :(
Really? That's strange.

Guys, this thread is not about IE or Firefox, but you can start another thread on that.

Baloki
05-21-2007, 06:21 PM
There's always the 'lol you have to run at least xp sp2' aspect of IE7 to contend with.

Also it's like two and a half times the size to download!

Why would I run SP1 in the first place? And how is the download size a criteria for the quality of the browser. You get it once and that's pretty much it.:rolleyes2


And its incapability to deal with CSS in quite as an acceptable manner as Firefox (or most other browsers). :p
And of course the whole "if you run Windows you run IE whether you like it or not" thing. :{

Do you know any pages that don't run on IE7 properly? I don't.:p

I do, quite a lot in fact.




And if you want a new post notification for <i>every</i> thread that you have posted in, you can also go to your User CP > Edit Options > and choose Instant email notification for your Default Thread Subscription Mode.

That's never worked for me :(
Really? That's strange.

Hmmm, I dunno if it's just my account though or if anyone else has that.


Guys, this thread is not about IE or Firefox, but you can start another thread on that.

Please don't suggest that, they might do it :(

Jaffamitsu
05-21-2007, 06:53 PM
Thanks people im actually trying out some of the stuff you told me :D Makes life alot easier...

rubah
05-21-2007, 07:01 PM
Do you know any pages that don't run on IE7 properly? I don't.:p
*abuses mod powers and ignores leeza for one last reply ;DDDD*
IE7 displays my site incorrectly? :D

That's good, Jaffamitsu :) Which way did you choose?

The Summoner of Leviathan
05-21-2007, 07:14 PM
I just have it set so that every thread I reply to I automatically subscribe to. I used to use instant e-mail notification but that got annoying, so all I do is just go to my subscribe threads when I want to see any new posts in said threads.

Jaffamitsu
05-21-2007, 08:10 PM
Trying out the thread subcription...:D

o_O
05-22-2007, 01:45 AM
About 6 years ago, email subscription used to be turned on by default when you posted in a thread. I didn't know that, so I ended up with altogether too many emails in my inbox to tell me a post was made in a thread which I posted in but probably don't remember making because it was one out of lots.

Email subscription is bad. :{

rubah
05-22-2007, 04:50 AM
Livejournal has a system that will IM you when you have new comments etc.

Roto13
05-22-2007, 06:24 AM
It's IM you? I just get emails. (which are fine with me, as I always have my gmail account open in a tab. In Firefox.)

rubah
05-22-2007, 06:51 AM
You have to be logged into their jabber network, but yeah.
Manage Message Settings (http://www.livejournal.com/manage/subscriptions/)

Baloki
05-22-2007, 09:50 PM
They've brought back Birthday reminders on LJ too *dances*