'New Posts' link without logging in?

bonehead · December 14th, 2008, 01:09 PM

Just a suggestion/request. Can you add a tab in the toolbar for 'New Posts' without having to sign in? If I'm sitting around away from my computer, it's a chore to sign in and then get to the new posts tab on my iPhone. What say ye?

Ram Rod · December 14th, 2008, 01:14 PM

I never log out. Just hit the quick links link and scroll to today's posts?

bonehead · December 14th, 2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ram Rod

I never log out. Just hit the quick links link and scroll to today's posts?

I don't either, UNLESS I'm away from my computer. Unlike my desktop, my stupid iPhone will automatically log off with inactivity. I'm often away from my desk during the day. Would be nice to access new posts and kill time without the hassle (and with this stupid phone, it's a hassle) of repeatedly logging in.

Ram Rod · December 14th, 2008, 01:50 PM

You can't have your phone save a shortcut perhaps? I know nothing of the iPhone.

Tally XD · December 14th, 2008, 02:39 PM

You cant have a "New Posts" function without logging in because the "New Posts" are unique to your account. If you dont sign in the forum database doesnt know who to query the "new posts" too.

Scott · December 14th, 2008, 02:40 PM

Bumper changed the forum over a year ago so that you have to login to view posts. I believe he did this because one of the ways you set your advertising rates and such is to track how many people have active accounts and login. So I don't see him changing it back.

I use the little check box right under the login that allows the forum to remember me. Saves me having to login each time. I use a Windows Mobile so not sure how the IPhone technology works. Maybe JD will see this and respond as I know he surfs the forum from an IPhone.

retsupt99 · December 14th, 2008, 03:11 PM

The forum 'remembers' me...

Stay armed...check the box...stay safe!

Bumper · December 14th, 2008, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott

Bumper changed the forum over a year ago so that you have to login to view posts. I believe he did this because one of the ways you set your advertising rates and such is to track how many people have active accounts and login. So I don't see him changing it back.

This only applies to some of the content on the forum and was done, in addition to the reason Scott said, to encourage participation in the forum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tally XD

You cant have a "New Posts" function without logging in because the "New Posts" are unique to your account. If you dont sign in the forum database doesnt know who to query the "new posts" too.

There's your answer right there. Without logging in the forum has no way of knowing what you last viewed.

farronwolf · December 14th, 2008, 06:45 PM

+1 for checking the box below the login. That works on my desktop, my laptop and my phone. Sometimes those little cookies are great.

bonehead · December 14th, 2008, 06:54 PM

Okay. Guess that idea is DOA, since it's been nixed by Bumper. And to answer the question, "Does the iPhone remember your login?" Answer is an emphatic 'NO'. If it remembered my login, I wouldn't have even made this request. Typing anything on an iPhone is a chore, even brief logins and passwords. Apple really screwed up that portion of the interface.

December 14th, 2008, 01:09 PM	#1
bonehead Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Copper State Posts: 474	'New Posts' link without logging in? Just a suggestion/request. Can you add a tab in the toolbar for 'New Posts' without having to sign in? If I'm sitting around away from my computer, it's a chore to sign in and then get to the new posts tab on my iPhone. What say ye? __________________ HK45c V1

December 14th, 2008, 01:14 PM	#2
Ram Rod VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: crawford county, arkansas Posts: 8,816	I never log out. Just hit the quick links link and scroll to today's posts? __________________ RamRod-----sans remords live, eat, breathe, sleep Glock

December 14th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#4
Ram Rod VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: crawford county, arkansas Posts: 8,816	You can't have your phone save a shortcut perhaps? I know nothing of the iPhone. __________________ RamRod-----sans remords live, eat, breathe, sleep Glock

December 14th, 2008, 02:39 PM	#5
Tally XD Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Florida Posts: 1,011	You cant have a "New Posts" function without logging in because the "New Posts" are unique to your account. If you dont sign in the forum database doesnt know who to query the "new posts" too. __________________ “I am consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.” - Barack Obama Chicago Tribune, April 27, 2004

December 14th, 2008, 02:40 PM	#6
Scott Senior Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Old Dominion Posts: 4,863	Bumper changed the forum over a year ago so that you have to login to view posts. I believe he did this because one of the ways you set your advertising rates and such is to track how many people have active accounts and login. So I don't see him changing it back. I use the little check box right under the login that allows the forum to remember me. Saves me having to login each time. I use a Windows Mobile so not sure how the IPhone technology works. Maybe JD will see this and respond as I know he surfs the forum from an IPhone. __________________ Obamamessiah... Let the miracles begin!!!

December 14th, 2008, 03:11 PM	#7
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 22,793	The forum 'remembers' me... Stay armed...check the box...stay safe! __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

December 14th, 2008, 06:45 PM	#9
farronwolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,609	+1 for checking the box below the login. That works on my desktop, my laptop and my phone. Sometimes those little cookies are great. __________________ Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.

December 14th, 2008, 06:54 PM	#10
bonehead Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Copper State Posts: 474	Okay. Guess that idea is DOA, since it's been nixed by Bumper. And to answer the question, "Does the iPhone remember your login?" Answer is an emphatic 'NO'. If it remembered my login, I wouldn't have even made this request. Typing anything on an iPhone is a chore, even brief logins and passwords. Apple really screwed up that portion of the interface. __________________ HK45c V1

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