new posts button

Recon7 · December 14, 2006, 08:15 PM

Is the "new posts" button on the user side the same as the "today's posts" button on the guest side? Why the difference?

**tyme** · December 14, 2006, 08:59 PM

I don't think there's a technical reason for them to be different. vbulletin sends cookies to keep track of which threads you've seen, and cookies should work whether or not you're logged in.

Do they return different results, or are you just wondering about the naming?

Recon7 · December 14, 2006, 10:09 PM

I just got 12 pages from todays posts and only 2 pages from new posts.

**Mal H** · December 14, 2006, 10:24 PM

I don't think a record of your viewed posts is kept in a cookie when you are a guest. The "Today's posts" button returns exactly that - all posts for the past 24 hours. Hence you will get a long list. The "New posts" button does look at your cookies and returns a list of posts that are new since you last visited. It could be very short or very long depending on the time between visits.

Bottom line - the buttons do similar yet different functions and are named properly.

December 14, 2006, 08:15 PM	#1
Recon7 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Posts: 707	new posts button Is the "new posts" button on the user side the same as the "today's posts" button on the guest side? Why the difference?

December 14, 2006, 08:59 PM	#2
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	I don't think there's a technical reason for them to be different. vbulletin sends cookies to keep track of which threads you've seen, and cookies should work whether or not you're logged in. Do they return different results, or are you just wondering about the naming? __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg)

December 14, 2006, 10:09 PM	#3
Recon7 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Posts: 707	I just got 12 pages from todays posts and only 2 pages from new posts.

December 14, 2006, 10:24 PM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	I don't think a record of your viewed posts is kept in a cookie when you are a guest. The "Today's posts" button returns exactly that - all posts for the past 24 hours. Hence you will get a long list. The "New posts" button does look at your cookies and returns a list of posts that are new since you last visited. It could be very short or very long depending on the time between visits. Bottom line - the buttons do similar yet different functions and are named properly.