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Marking a News Group as read on exit
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| Jim Leder 2005-07-28, 5:47 pm |
| I've seen this discussed before and already understand that TB will
not automatically mark a news group as read on exiting it. However, has
anyone written an extension to do it? Is there anyway to configure the
toolbar with a button to do it? I know you can use the KB and the popup
window, but still looking for something a little easier. Thanks.
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| Retiredff 2005-07-28, 5:47 pm |
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Jim Leder wrote:
> I've seen this discussed before and already understand that TB will
> not automatically mark a news group as read on exiting it. However,
> has anyone written an extension to do it? Is there anyway to
> configure the toolbar with a button to do it? I know you can use the
> KB and the popup window, but still looking for something a little
> easier. Thanks.
This is the only thing that is stopping me from making TB my default mail
and news reader. When you look through 20+ newsgroups, the extra clicks
really do add up, and it is easy to forget.
Hope someone can/will/has come up with a way around it.
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| Jim Leder 2005-07-28, 5:47 pm |
| Likewise. I really do like TB, and I also hope someone can come up with a
solution.
"Retiredff" <lbatter@bogfeet.net> wrote in message
news:Ly9Ge.5642$0C.2545@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
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> Jim Leder wrote:
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> This is the only thing that is stopping me from making TB my default mail
> and news reader. When you look through 20+ newsgroups, the extra clicks
> really do add up, and it is easy to forget.
>
> Hope someone can/will/has come up with a way around it.
>
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I don't find it too difficult, I just right click, and mark them all
read, and that's it.
It doesn't seem to be too difficult . . . but then, I'm used to hard
work, sitting on my _______ for hours at a time, punching the occasional
key.
Will
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| Tony Raven 2005-07-29, 2:46 am |
| wc wrote:
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> I don't find it too difficult, I just right click, and mark them all
> read, and that's it.
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Or Menu/K/A on the keyboard does the same
--
Tony
"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon
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| Jim Blue 2005-07-29, 7:46 am |
| Jim Leder wrote:
> I've seen this discussed before and already understand that TB will not
> automatically mark a news group as read on exiting it. However, has
> anyone written an extension to do it? Is there anyway to configure the
> toolbar with a button to do it? I know you can use the KB and the popup
> window, but still looking for something a little easier. Thanks.
Ctrl-Shift-C while still in the newsgroup. That's pretty easy.
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| Jim Leder 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
| Yes, not too bad, but is there any way to make a tool bar item to do the
ctrl-shift-c wit a single mouse click (other than the pop up window)?
"Jim Blue" <jlblue@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:fM-dnZu4cuj_sXffRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
> Jim Leder wrote:
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> Ctrl-Shift-C while still in the newsgroup. That's pretty easy.
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| Retiredff 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
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Jim Blue wrote:
> Jim Leder wrote:
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> Ctrl-Shift-C while still in the newsgroup. >That's pretty easy.
I've been trying to ween myself off of IE since TB v .7 or so. This one
thing keeps me going back to IE.
Simplicity and ease of use is what it boils down to.
I look at, sometimes several times a day, 23 newsgroups. Another seven
several times a week to catch up. Messages range from a few per week to
hundreds per day. If I move to a new group, forgetting to mark the current
one read, then it is a pain in the a** to figure out what I've read and what
I haven't.
I, and many others, have gotten used to having, in IE, all messages marked
as read just by going to the next group. It is a one-step process that takes
care of two things at one time.
Ctrl-Shift-C requires me to pull my keyboard tray out, use both hands to
type, push the tray in, and either use the mouse, or use another keyboard
step to access the next group. Or, make multiple mouse clicks to mark them
read and access the next group.
It is not difficult. It is easy. But, it is a step backwards from IE. All
the other advantages of TB does not out-weigh this one major problem. Like I
said before, it is the only thing that is preventing me from making TB my
default mail and news reader.
If I had even the faintest idea about how to write an extension, I would
try. But I don't. And, as far as I know, it might not even be possible.
Larry
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| Doug G 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
| Retiredff wrote:
> Jim Blue wrote:
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> I've been trying to ween myself off of IE since TB v .7 or so. This one
> thing keeps me going back to IE.
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> Simplicity and ease of use is what it boils down to.
>
> I look at, sometimes several times a day, 23 newsgroups. Another seven
> several times a week to catch up. Messages range from a few per week to
> hundreds per day. If I move to a new group, forgetting to mark the current
> one read, then it is a pain in the a** to figure out what I've read and what
> I haven't.
>
> I, and many others, have gotten used to having, in IE, all messages marked
> as read just by going to the next group. It is a one-step process that takes
> care of two things at one time.
>
> Ctrl-Shift-C requires me to pull my keyboard tray out, use both hands to
> type, push the tray in, and either use the mouse, or use another keyboard
> step to access the next group. Or, make multiple mouse clicks to mark them
> read and access the next group.
>
> It is not difficult. It is easy. But, it is a step backwards from IE. All
> the other advantages of TB does not out-weigh this one major problem. Like I
> said before, it is the only thing that is preventing me from making TB my
> default mail and news reader.
>
> If I had even the faintest idea about how to write an extension, I would
> try. But I don't. And, as far as I know, it might not even be possible.
>
> Larry
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Write your own extension, see
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thu...extensions.html
I use a View > Threads setting to see the messages I want. I don't want
all unread messages to be marked as read when I leave a newsgroup.
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| Bryan Harrison 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
| > I've been trying to ween myself off of IE since TB v .7 or so. This one
> thing keeps me going back to IE.
I presume you mean OE? I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.
> Simplicity and ease of use is what it boils down to.
And you prefer OE?
> I, and many others, have gotten used to having, in IE, all messages marked
> as read just by going to the next group. It is a one-step process that takes
> care of two things at one time.
Looks like it's time to get used to something different. A scary though,
no doubt.
> Ctrl-Shift-C requires me to pull my keyboard tray out, use both hands to
> type, push the tray in, and either use the mouse, or use another keyboard
> step to access the next group. Or, make multiple mouse clicks to mark them
> read and access the next group.
Two extra mouse clicks? Eek.. just think of the RSI.
You don't view *that* many newsgroups, so again, this is hardly a show
stopper.
How you could use that as an excuse to use TB is beyond me.
Isn't the very *very* slight learning curve not worth it?
> It is not difficult. It is easy. But, it is a step backwards from IE. All
> the other advantages of TB does not out-weigh this one major problem. Like I
> said before, it is the only thing that is preventing me from making TB my
> default mail and news reader.
Major problem? Ah, if only life was that simple that two extra mouse
clicks was a major problem.
I guess if you want a program that behaves exactly the same as OE, then
you are best staying with OE.
> If I had even the faintest idea about how to write an extension, I would
> try. But I don't. And, as far as I know, it might not even be possible.
The fact that it hasn't been written shows that either a) it's' not
possible, b) not worth it.
Give it a try, it will probably give you a new appreciation of TB if you
could write the extension yourself.
Good luck with OE, you'll need it.
Bryan
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| Retiredff 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
| Yes, I goofed. I meant OE. The rest of your comments are even worth my time.
Bryan Harrison wrote:
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> I presume you mean OE? I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.
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> And you prefer OE?
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> Looks like it's time to get used to something different. A scary
> though, no doubt.
>
>
> Two extra mouse clicks? Eek.. just think of the RSI.
> You don't view *that* many newsgroups, so again, this is hardly a show
> stopper.
> How you could use that as an excuse to use TB is beyond me.
> Isn't the very *very* slight learning curve not worth it?
>
>
> Major problem? Ah, if only life was that simple that two extra mouse
> clicks was a major problem.
> I guess if you want a program that behaves exactly the same as OE,
> then you are best staying with OE.
>
>
> The fact that it hasn't been written shows that either a) it's' not
> possible, b) not worth it.
> Give it a try, it will probably give you a new appreciation of TB if
> you could write the extension yourself.
>
> Good luck with OE, you'll need it.
>
> Bryan
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| Ed Mullen 2005-07-29, 5:48 pm |
| wc wrote:
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> I don't find it too difficult, I just right click, and mark them all
> read, and that's it.
>
> It doesn't seem to be too difficult . . . but then, I'm used to hard
> work, sitting on my _______ for hours at a time, punching the occasional
> key.
>
> Will
You can also do CTRL+SHIFT+C.
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://edmullen.net/Mozilla/moz.html
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| Bryan Harrison 2005-07-30, 7:45 am |
| > Yes, I goofed. I meant OE. The rest of your comments are even worth my time.
Lol... Says it all.
It's just as well the world isn't full of people who aren't willing to
exert a little extra effort, and who aren't afraid of change, otherwise
Mozilla would of never of made it off the ground.
Enjoy OE.
Bryan
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