checking the forum for new content I sometimes see the tab “New” is indicating that there is something new in a category ("New (1)). However, if I click on “New” the screen will remain as is and I can’t open the category unless I click on “Latest”.
Whenever I check, there are no new posts or topics at all.
This happens every now and then without any apparent logic (on my computer and on my mobile). Most of the time it works as expected, though. Anybody else experiencing the same kind of odd behaviour?
When you see the screen snapshot and click on New (1) does the New go away?
If yes, that would be expected behaviour, if you’ve either opened all of the new posts or clicked on the “Dismiss New” button in any open browser window or tab on any of your devices.
The New is not for all unread content. It’s merely for entirely new threads. i.e. a new post in an old thread will not show up in New. If you want to follow the new posts in a thread that you haven’t posted in, you’ll need to change the bottom notification drop down from Normal to Tracking or Watching (I use Tracking). And then new posts will show up in the Unread section.
If I recall correctly the New also has a max age of thread creation.
Hi Nico,
thanks for your reply.
If I click on New (1) nothing changes. Everything remains as is with the “1” behind “New” and being unable to enter the category itself. Usually, it behaves the way you’d expect it and like you described it. This happens once in a week and it comes as unexpectedly as it goes. No idea why.
My settings are all blank - nothing is tracked or watched be it categories or tags:
I’m on Windows using Forefox 140.0.2, too. Happens in other browsers as well and also on my mobile. It’s not the end of the world, it usually gets back to normal within a couple of hours and I’m used to it. I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same or if I am doing anything wrong.
Wonder, if the weirdness could also be related to CDN (Content Delivery Network) usage?
I haven’t bothered to dig into the underlying structure of this forum, but CDN caching gone slightly astray would be another possibility for different experiences from different locations.
Yeah, that would make perfect sense since I sometimes switch between devices and forget to log out before I log in on another device. I am not sure if this also happens if I stay on a single device, I will look into this. Good thinking, I guess you are onto something!
Thank you!
I would like to mark your post as solution but this is not possible in a forum thread. I wasn’t aware of that so I thought I let you know in case you aren’t either
