It is very frustrating when posting a long post or being away from the board for a few minutes to come back and find that all the new post icons and "read 1st new post" buttons are gone. then you have to dive into threads and actually find out what posts you didn't read before - this is a real pain if you are addicted like I am and read almost every thread.
I believe the default is like 5 minutes. I think this is way too short.
Can it be changed to 15 minutes or half hour. If someone is on the site, it will have no effect on them. If they leave and come back soon, they will possibly have the same new posts as they did before. But there is button in the "Quick Links" pull down menu that you can click to "Mark Forums Read" before leaving the site if someone is bothered by this.
I believe the default is like 5 minutes. I think this is way too short.
Can it be changed to 15 minutes or half hour. If someone is on the site, it will have no effect on them. If they leave and come back soon, they will possibly have the same new posts as they did before. But there is button in the "Quick Links" pull down menu that you can click to "Mark Forums Read" before leaving the site if someone is bothered by this.