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steve308 JUL 18, 07:26 AM
Nice addiition to the forum. Ignore / add to favorites. Thank you Cliff!

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Patrick JUL 18, 04:05 PM

???

Not that I necessarily feel any need to use it... but where is the "Ignore" feature?
steve308 JUL 18, 07:56 PM


New column far right of page on my screen.
Patrick JUL 18, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by steve308:

New column far right of page on my screen.



Hmmm... interesting. I have nothing there on my Windows PC/Chrome.




[EDIT 1] Well, that's even more interesting. Cliff must've clicked a button as it just turned up on my PC! (Wrong... see EDIT 2 below.)




[EDIT 2] I've discovered that the symbols in the right hand column only show up after logging in at This page.


[EDIT 3] I've also discovered that clicking the Ignore symbol causes the thread to completely disappear from sight. I then discovered that the thread can reappear if not logged in. And one can even post within an "ignored" thread if not logged in beforehand. However, I've yet to discover how to un-Ignore a thread so that it shows up again while logged in.

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Raydar JUL 18, 10:44 PM
Hmmm... I've got the Star, but not the Eye.

Edit - Well, when I hover over the blank spot where the Eye should be, I get the popup. So it's there, but I can't see it.
This is using Firefox -or- Chrome.

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Cliff Pennock JUL 19, 06:29 AM
Probably some aggressive cache setting in your browser? It's there. But your cache might "remember" the old version of the page.

Yes, it only works if you are logged in (doesn't matter how/where you logged in) because it needs to know who is ignoring what obviously. You can un-ignore threads in My PFF.
steve308 JUL 19, 11:22 AM

----- Original Message -----
Steve, I clicked on Ignore of the thread you and I have been posting in, just to see what would happen. Well, I got my answer... it completely disappears! I now can't see/access that thread any longer!

Could you please ask Cliff Pennock in that thread how to un-Ignore a thread. Thanks.

-Patrick
Raydar JUL 19, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by steve308:

----- Original Message -----
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Could you please ask Cliff Pennock in that thread how to un-Ignore a thread. Thanks.

-Patrick




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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
... it only works if you are logged in (doesn't matter how/where you logged in) because it needs to know who is ignoring what obviously.
You can un-ignore threads in My PFF.
Patrick JUL 19, 04:06 PM
Thanks for the assistance from the two Steves and Cliff.


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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

Yes, it only works if you are logged in...



I eventually figured that out (and mentioned it in an EDIT above).


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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

(doesn't matter how/where you logged in)



We can log in while in the process of posting (which allows us to post in an "Ignored" thread). We can also log in on This page (but then "Ignored" threads obviously don't show up). Is there any other way of logging in?


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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:

You can un-ignore threads in My PFF.



Ah... thanks. Due to My PFF being hidden basically all of the time over at the extreme left of the screen, I've only ever opened it maybe a couple of times (when it comes up in forum discussions) since it was implemented 20 years ago. I never think of looking in there!

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