A question for Accountingweb / Richard

Easier way to re-visit threads that one has answered?

Didn't find your answer?

I would like to ask if there is a proposal to improve the layout of Any Answers so that it is easy to revisit threads one has already replied to?

There have been a lot of interesting threads about lately, and it would be nice to easily look back on ones to see how they ended up.

Thanks!

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By Paul Crowley
20th May 2021 14:50

Only way I know is to look at profile then press Answers button for threads, Comments for articles.

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By Paul D Utherone
20th May 2021 14:58

That's what I do

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By Wilson Philips
20th May 2021 15:20

That works. The only problem is that if you suffer, as I do from time to time, from verbal diarrohea it can take ages to scroll back through the post history to find what you're looking for.

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By Paul Crowley
20th May 2021 16:34

Agree
First page is quite short
And if a thread is visited, back to first page again

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By tom123
20th May 2021 15:01

duh -

20 odd years on this site and I hadn't worked that bit out..

(thicko)

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By Richard Hattersley
20th May 2021 15:13

Just spotted this, Tom. I agree with the two Pauls. Your profile is the place to go.

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By Hugo Fair
20th May 2021 15:44

There are of course much better options - if you can put the developers to work?

A simple example would be to add one new option at the top of each thread for 'Follow' (after 'Like', 'Report', 'Quote') ... oh wait, you already have that option!
But I can't work out how it's supposed to operate.
Logically you could have one more tab on your Profile page for 'Following' - which, unlike the other tabs doesn't show your individual postings, but simply lists the threads you are following and so might want to 'short-cut' to?
[Note: fairly obviously you'd also need an unfollow option (to switch it off)].

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By SteveHa
20th May 2021 15:54

Or a return to the old forums, that were easy to follow and keep up to date with.

Just saying.

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By legerman
20th May 2021 17:06

Richard Hattersley wrote:

Just spotted this, Tom. I agree with the two Pauls. Your profile is the place to go.

But why should you need to do that just to keep in touch with a thread you're interested in, or indeed just to see the latest replies you haven't already read on any thread?

There's a very simple fix. Make the titles non bold after being read with new replies and new threads in bold. See your sister site ukbusinessforum for a perfect example of this, also book-keepers.org.uk. This is the only forum I know that doesn't do this.

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
20th May 2021 15:48

Similarly, you can search for threads you didn't contribute to; provided you can remember who one of the contributors was (by searching through their posting history).

Just thought I'd mention that to save you from a further 20 years of head scratching :)

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By DJKL
20th May 2021 15:54

What happens if you use "Anonymous" as the person whose post you wish to find?

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
20th May 2021 16:21

DJKL wrote:

What happens if you use "Anonymous" as the person whose post you wish to find?

Then you'll get a selection of David Price's posts!

My new screens arrived today, and I have to say DJKL that in large-screen HD that house of yours no longer looks very Scottish. The architecture looks rather Scandinavian, and is that a Volvo I see parked outside?

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By Hugo Fair
20th May 2021 15:58

Tom's problem (slow on the technology uptake) has now infected me - actually I was way ahead of him in the first place!
But how do you find someone else's Profile (in order to view their 'posting history') - other than from the hotlink at the start of one of their specific posts? That works fine when you're in mid-thread, but isn't much use if you can't remember the name of the thread - and so want the Profile page of a likely contributor (in order to search for the thread).
Shades of Catch-22 ... or have I, hopefully, missed a trick?

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
20th May 2021 16:34

Just google site:accountingweb.co.uk Hugo Fair

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By Hugo Fair
20th May 2021 17:44

Thanks.
I'm being particularly slow today, but that's hardly an intuitive format - although it certainly does the job! Does that mean there's no equivalent from within the site?

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By I'msorryIhaven'taclue
20th May 2021 18:08

Only if you can guess Richard's password ;-)

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By Richard Hattersley
20th May 2021 19:11

Now I'm worried if I've ever said the name of my first pet!

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By Arthur Putey
20th May 2021 16:34

With "follow" you just get an email digest at the interval you select. It would be good to have a way to tag threads (such as ones you have contributed to) so you can keep up with them.

It would also be good to have a view which lists latest posts, rather than a list of the threads that have been most recently replied to.

But forums are old hat, lets all go on Twitter where we can have short closed questions and binary answers.

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By carnmores
20th May 2021 17:54

the search facility has always been poor and Aweb have been told on numerous occasions by many correspondents

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By Tax Dragon
21st May 2021 08:28

Do whatever it is Justin does. He seems to be able to find an incredible array of old threads whenever he wants.

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By Hugo Fair
21st May 2021 12:57

But there's so many alternative divining rods and dowsing rods out there - and I'm not even sure of the difference between them. Maybe I'd better order some entrails as well, as back-up.

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By Duggimon
21st May 2021 11:19

It's generally best achieved by googling for

site:accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers [username] [some words from the thread]

then scan down the list of results for the one you're after, which you'll hopefully recognise by the title. I find it works much more reliably than the search function, which I really think ought to be replaced by a text box that does exactly the above for you.

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