Suggestion: Mark read
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jsb
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What I am really missing in facebook is "Mark read". I hate scrolling up and down through the same stuff every day trying to find things I haven't seen yet. I want a single "Mark read" button that saves a timestamp, and then filters the Live Feed, hiding any posts created prior to that time. (Though a post should reappear in the feed if one of my immediate friends adds a comment.) |
Vaughan Chan...
Script's Author
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I like this idea, I'll see if I can get it in by the next stable release. If not, then the release after. |
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jsb
User
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Wow, I'll be very excited if you are able to do this one. Thanks for considering it. |
Balki Bartok...
User
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I have been wanting a feature like this for a long time! If you could make this happen that would be awesome! I hate having to find where I last left off. |
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jsb
User
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Vaughan, got the new 1.9b build, but this "mark read" doesn't seem to be working right. When I activate the option in the settings dialog, all of today's posts disappear, but I still see everything from yesterday back. I didn't expect anything to disappear until I clicked the "Mark All as Read" link. And I'm seeing newer posts disappear instead of older ones. When I click the "Mark All as Read" link nothing happens. I expected all posts to immediately disappear when I clicked this. Also, selecting one of the other "Hide" options (such as "Hide friend stories in he live feed" is now putting them in a gray box instead of hiding them. In 1.9a this was hiding them correctly. |
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Vaughan Chan...
Script's Author
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Hi jsb, apologies about the hide options for the live feed not working. I was debugging it and forgot to put it back. In the mean time you can change the relevant line (should be around line #1979) from:
for (var i=0; i<elms.snapshotLength; i++) { elms.snapshotItem(i).style.background='#cccccc'; }
to: for (var i=0; i<elms.snapshotLength; i++) { elms.snapshotItem(i).parentNode.removeChild(elms.snapshotItem(i)); }
Or, wait a while and I'll upload the fix tonight. As for the other problem, I think I might know why its not functioning as expected, so I'll look into that too. |
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jsb
User
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Vaughan - As you've probably already discovered, the primary issue with the "mark read" functionality appears to be the fact that the elements only exist for today's stories. For stories and comments prior to today, the date/time is not presented in a way that's easily readable. If this feature is too difficult to implement after all, I totally understand. |
