Could threaded view/flat view be added to Account Preferences to provide a persistent personal default, yet able to be superseded at thread level?
When I end my browser session, I toss my cookies. So next time I log into SOL I get 'threaded view' as the setting, whereas I almost always prefer 'flat view'.
AJ
When I end my browser session, I toss my cookies.
Done. I switched the view preference from a client-side cookie to a server-side setting.
It will be persistent from now on.
This is probably why I suddenly got switched back to threaded view.
I was going to ask about the possibility of a floating button for 'next unread' in threaded view (flat view takes care of itself), but had second thoughts as it would need too much state to be held the way I could envisage it being done, then I had further thoughts:
The individual posts already have separate IDs used to reference/locate them in replies.
If you build an array with all the IDs in the same order as flat view, and start with an index into the array corresponding to the first unread in the page, the next/prev unread becomes an inc/dec of the index and an in-page jump to that ID location. Although you don't strictly need the post locations from before the first unread, having them would be very useful for the times a page is inadvertently loaded twice as you can the 'prev' back through the unread-but-marked-as-read posts.
Overall I'd prefer threaded view, except for not having a 'next unread' access besides manually scrolling and keeping a careful watch.
This is probably why I suddenly got switched back to threaded view.
Me too. Apologies, it was my fault.
AJ
toss my cookies
toss one's cookies
phrase of toss
INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
vomit.
Definitions from Oxford Languages
Explaining my pathetic attempt at humour rather kills the mood
That's what the smirking wienie is for.
