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Clicked-On-Links vs Non-Clicked-On Links

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In the discussion groups for ‘csharplanguage’ and ‘Vsexpressvcs’, visited links look different than non-clicked-on links, but in this discussion group all links look the same, whether they have been clicked or not. This is VERY hard to read. My eyesight is not great, and that makes it much worse. I’ve seen this in the ‘accessdev’ discussion group too. Why does Microsoft do this, and more importantly, is there a way to get all discussion groups rendering links consistently, so visited links actually DO look different than non-clicked-on links?
Thanks everyone!!
Ryan Shuell
- Moved by 许阳(无锡) Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:27 AM Forum Issue
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Instead of bold, the Excel and Access links turn purple.
But yes, all these forums seem to be missing the old feature where you could know if you read the thread before or if you read it and then someone posted on it after that (it's in italics).
Definitely worth reporting as a bug.
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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Okay. I submitted this as a bug request.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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They logged Bug #1142283 to take care of this issue.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:22 PM
- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks for posting in the MSDN Forum.
I will suggest you post it in the http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/threads for better support. I think you suggest will be consider at that forum.
Have a good day,
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- Edited by 许阳(无锡) Monday, January 21, 2013 7:06 AM
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By "links" do you mean threads listed in a forum?
Can you link to the forums?
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
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It would be great if the links were like the ones here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharplanguage/threads?page=1
Or, here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/Vsexpressvcs/threads?page=1
Or, here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/threads
If you click a few bold links, and then refresh your page, you will see that the links are now non-bold; this indicates that the links have been clicked on. If you log into your Microsoft account from any computer, you will see that the links you clicked are non-bold.
I visit the Excel Developers group, Access Developers group, and C# General group on a daily basis. Here is the troublesome links:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exceldev/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/accessdev/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/threads
These links are totally different. If I log into my Microsoft account on my office computer, and click a link, I know I have viewed the contents of the link. However, if I log into my Microsoft account on my home computer, I can’t tell that I have clicked on these links from my office computer. I wish Microsoft could make these Office development groups, and the C# General group, like the first three that I listed above!!! That would make reading the posts MUCH easier!!! Does it make sense???
Just one more question. How do you get over 12,000 points in a single month, and average over 8,000 prints since you (really) started posting comments to help people? I post several hundred useful solutions every month, and I get a measly 300 points, or so, per month. I figure I should be averaging about 1,000 points per month, give or take. I post so many solutions, but I get almost no recognition for it. Anyway . . .
Ryan Shuell
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Instead of bold, the Excel and Access links turn purple.
But yes, all these forums seem to be missing the old feature where you could know if you read the thread before or if you read it and then someone posted on it after that (it's in italics).
Definitely worth reporting as a bug.
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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Okay. I submitted this as a bug request.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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They logged Bug #1142283 to take care of this issue.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:22 PM
- Marked as answer by ryguy72 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:47 AM
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Wow!! Thanks so much, Ed!! I totally didn't expect a resolution for this, but it really made my day when I read your message!!
I think this will be awesome when the change becomes effective. Now, I have 2 laptops that I use at home, and I have a totally different machine that I use in my office. I'm really looking forward to all the discussion forums being 'synced' when I login from any one of my 3 machines!!!
Ryan Shuell
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You're welcome. Thank you for reporting this issue!
The rebranding steps have made some inconsistencies and/or lost features, so it's good to pinpoint them like this.
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
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I don't suppose you have an ETA on the fix.
These are the problematic sites:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exceldev/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/accessdev/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/threads
There are probably a whole lot of others too. The ones above are the only ones that I visit, so these are the ones I know about. Some sites, like the one below, work perfectly fine:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/transactsql/threads
Thanks again!! I really appreciate this!!!!
Ryan Shuell
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No ETA. I'm not part of their team. I just make sure they get bugs logged.
If you'd like to open a support ticket, see Option 1; Option 2. Or email "fissues" at Microsoft.
Thanks!
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)
Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!