Forum Feature Request

[Shawn L.]

So during the last round of forum reconfiguration a couple months back I mentioned this, and others seemed to agree but still nothing has been done. Hoping that this post will get some attention.

Is there any way to have a "View First Unread Post" function? I don't mean the current "Last Post" button as all that does is jumps to the bottom instead of starting at the top, which to me is pretty much useless. What I mean is that the system remembers (you have to be logged in of course) what posts within a specific forum topic/thread you have viewed, and will jump you to the first post you have not yet viewed so you can pick up where you left off previously. Right now you either start from the top or the bottom and flip thru pages trying to find something that looks familiar. There tend to be some pretty active topics but once they get past 2 pages, it becomes very frustrating to keep up.

I am a member of at least 6 other forums I can think of off the top of my head, and each and every one has this ability, except for BP. I would spend a lot more time on the forums if this feature were added, and I'm sure others would as well.