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#1 milestone 11

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 14:41

Somehow, today, I touched somewhere on the opening page which brought up a "topic stats" box which I've never seen before. I'm damned if I can replicate this, can anyone help please?

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#2 PayasYouRace

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 15:14

Can you link the page from your browser history?

#3 milestone 11

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 15:49

Can you link the page from your browser history?

I tried that but the stats box didn't appear. Shame, because it appeared quite informative.

#4 PayasYouRace

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 15:50

I must say I’m intrigued. Was it desktop or mobile?

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 16:02

I must say I’m intrigued. Was it desktop or mobile?

I was in full mode, I don't ever use mobile, whilst using a Fire pad. I'd been reading "Lost wages" and moved with the pad in my hand, now, doing so would have put the pad into portrait, th way that I held it. Then looking at screen there was a pop up box, very similar to the type that one has when a private message comes in. The stats includeed posters in the thread, how many times they'd posted within it. It was thread specific. I immediately tried to replicate it but haven't been able to.

#6 SophieB

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 16:06

I suggest you might see it if you click on the number of replies in a thread in the forum. So for instance, if you click on the literal number ‘773 replies’ against the silly season thread from the RC front page, do you see anything?



#7 milestone 11

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 16:14

I suggest you might see it if you click on the number of replies in a thread in the forum. So for instance, if you click on the literal number ‘773 replies’ against the silly season thread from the RC front page, do you see anything?

That's it, thanks Sophie.

#8 PayasYouRace

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 16:56

Oh wow. Just learned a new bit of functionality.

 

It's actually quite cool for seeing who's active in certain threads, and it's a dead giveaway to when a topic is someone's hobbyhorse. 



#9 Afterburner

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 20:30

Wow, I remember that feature from the last version of IPB we ran more than 10 years ago. You used to be able to click on the number by a user's name and see all their posts from the topic.

 

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. :)



#10 PlatenGlass

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 21:30

This is a great feature!



#11 milestone 11

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 21:46

Oh wow. Just learned a new bit of functionality.
 
It's actually quite cool for seeing who's active in certain threads, and it's a dead giveaway to when a topic is someone's hobbyhorse.

I've never seen it before, I wonder if it recently enabled?

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Posted 27 June 2023 - 23:57

Oh, I don't like this, so addictive. Too many names popping up from being prolific posters one day, then not seen for, in some cases, a number of years. Quite upsetting.

#13 Beri

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Posted 28 June 2023 - 11:36

Another day lived, another thing learned. Great to see this!

 

On the crazy statistic thread, for instance, I wouldnt have expected any other top posters:

 

Member name Posts HistoryFan 611 Collombin 568 PayasYouRace 562

 

But on other threads there are people posting on top positions who I never expected them to do this.

 

Anywho, great find Milestone!



#14 chdphd

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Posted 28 June 2023 - 17:49

It's been around since the last big update I think, so it's years old.



#15 Zmeej

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Posted 03 July 2023 - 15:00

Like it, good feature :up:


Edited by Zmeej, 03 July 2023 - 15:00.


#16 Myrvold

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Posted 05 July 2023 - 07:09

It's actually quite cool for seeing who's active in certain threads, and it's a dead giveaway to when a topic is someone's hobbyhorse. 

 

Scary.

 

I think I know what thread I'll be on the top of...



#17 ANF

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Posted 06 July 2023 - 22:44

I'm gonna click everywhere and look for more hidden features.



#18 chdphd

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Posted 07 July 2023 - 07:11

On desktop, if you hover over a thread, you see a wee circular down arrow. Click that and you see previews of the first, last unread (if applicable) and latest posts. Previews have a word limit, so may be truncated.


Edited by chdphd, 07 July 2023 - 07:17.