Forum Feature Suggestion

[JellyBaby]

It would be both handy and dandy to see, while browsing a forum, whether or not you have posted in a given thread. Perhaps a slightly different looking icon or a column with a small checkbox or something to denote you've posted there.

What are my odds of seeing such a feature get implemented in 2004? 🙂

Danke.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Do you suffer from short-term memory loss JellyBaby? 😕

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

its been suggested before.

 

[Aves]

It's a great idea. Most other forum software does this.

 

[compudog]

Originally posted by: aves2k
It's a great idea. Most other forum software does this.

It would be a nice feature. I just subscribe to the thread and if there are any changes to it, I know it.

 

[JellyBaby]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Do you suffer from short-term memory loss JellyBaby? 😕

Resist change much?

GtPrOjEcTX, have the Power that be ever said anything about it? I.e. "too big of a performance hit", or maybe "it's on the list"? 🙂

 

[Jason Clark]

Great feature, nasty, nasty, nasty for load.

1) when threads are pulled we would have to pull the entire message list for every thread (SLOW SLOW SLOW)

2) a look up table would have to be created, whenver you write a message we would have to insert another record into another table saying x posted in y. When the thread is pulled we'd have to join on that and verify if you exist (again slows down thread listing).

My forums, search both accomplish the exact same thing without slowing down an enterprise class application. Easy to say "other people do it", throw 5000 simultaneous users at that app with all the fluff settings on, and I'd be willing to bet page times get nasty rather quickly. The second option wouldn't be too bad, but it would definitely cause some slower rendering of thread listings.

Cheers.

 

[Jzero]

You can also go to the "My Forums" page and see where you have posted recently.

 

[JellyBaby]

Thanks Jason and Jzero.