Quote Originally Posted by Ridere View Post
That sounds about right for how it's done, Nova.

Problem with the cookie thing is it mainly just keeps track of website visiting activity, and not thread visiting activity. So you can visit the site, and after a bit, it'll mark all forums as read, based upon the time stamp of the cookie. Even if you never visited any of those threads.

I can understand the rationale behind it from a programming standpoint, as it's a lot easier than keeping individual database track records of when things were visited and such. But in the end, I know I at least feel it's kinda nice knowing that something is going to remain unread until I either click into the thread to read it, or click on some button that says "Mark (sub)forum as read".

Either way, it's not a huge deal, as I'd much rather have the forums up than down. But I can totally see where the frustration is coming from.

Yah, I see where people are coming from. I'm not trying to just flat out say "No I won't change this" but the problem is, if I do change it, it will have very adverse effects on the site's overall performance. And I'd rather be able to have the site run speedy for everyone.