Viewing new threads since last visit

[alywin]

It's probably the best part of a couple of months since my last visit, yet the only threads I am seeing which appear to have new content since then are ones updated in the past week or so. Does this happen frequently? I'm guessing that not much can be done about it?

[french frank]

I think by default the threads of What'sNew? are sorted by the date of the Last Update. I can see 4 pages of these with 15 threads per page dating back one week to 7July. But if you don't look in for several weeks I don't think you'll see all the threads updated since your last visit.

[Serial_Apologist]

Possibly there is diminishing likelihood of posts being amended the further back one goes into the past. All that said, I am pretty sure I have gone way back in time and edited posts I have since realised to contain errors.

It's known as changing history!

[Pulcinella]

Possibly there is diminishing likelihood of posts being amended the further back one goes into the past. All that said, I am pretty sure I have gone way back in time and edited posts I have since realised to contain errors.

It's known as changing history!

But I think that there will be a time stamp associated even if you don't give a reason for the edit.
It won't appear as a new post though.
For example, when I add the Recommended version details to the original post in a BaL thread I give the reason in the edit field but the post stays as the first post on the thread.
(This might not be quite what you're wondering about!)

[french frank]

There is actually a time limit of 30 minutes after which it ought to be impossible to edit a post at all - precisely to prevent history being rewritten. Don't think it works 100% though . There is a pause of 8 minutes after which a Last Edited By note displays below an edited post.

[Pulcinella]

There is actually a time limit of 30 minutes after which it ought to be impossible to edit a post at all - precisely to prevent history being rewritten. Don't think it works 100% though . There is a pause of 8 minutes after which a Last Edited By note displays below an edited post.

That can't be true, as I can go into the original post on a BaL thread (but because I posted it?) to add the recommended version way longer than after 30 minutes!

[french frank]

That can't be true, as I can go into the original post on a BaL thread (but because I posted it?) to add the recommended version way longer than after 30 minutes!

I meant it is actually set to a 30-min time limit. May not apply to someone who started a thread, perhaps.

[AuntDaisy]

I think you can go back a month with this link.

(I changed "lastWeek" to "lastMonth" in the "What's New?" main link. I think the forum might be American, it doesn't recognise Fortnight ).

[alywin]

I think by default the threads of What'sNew? are sorted by the date of the Last Update. I can see 4 pages of these with 15 threads per page dating back one week to 7July. But if you don't look in for several weeks I don't think you'll see all the threads updated since your last visit.

Ah, but I don't use What'sNew? I just go into the various sub-forums and expect the threads with new posts since my last visit to show up in bold, but that doesn't necessarily seem to be the case.