Shoutbox

Just see the screenie. I dont think i need to explain
Newayz here's the deal. I got a pm. I Started the latest.php directly and saw i had 1 new pm and 1 unread pm. Then i opened it pm box in a new page (Shift+click) and then there it was showing me 0 new and 1 unread pm I opened the pm and still it was like that only. At the same time i had opened another thread in the original window and now that too had the dodgy welcome panel
How did this happen

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Originally posted by John Anderton
At the same time i had opened another thread in the original window and now that too had the dodgy welcome panel

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Uhh... every page has the welcome panel...

I always get the dodginess with unread pms and stuff at the top but I'm always just to lazy to go to the effort of doing a screenshot then making a post

Maybe because it was no longer new.. you messages must fall into the old category after a few seconds

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Originally posted by Ahmad
Maybe because it was no longer new..

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indeed

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Originally posted by Ahmad
your messages must fall into the old category after a few seconds

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not realy though...

A PM is only "new" the first time any page of the forum (which has the panel) is viewed. Quite logical though...

Mine stays new for a while, even after reading it and closing/opening the window

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Originally posted by Ahmad
Mine stays new for a while, even after reading it and closing/opening the window

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Hmmm, maybe a local cache "problem" in that case? blah... dunno

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Originally posted by Ahmad
Mine stays new for a while, even after reading it and closing/opening the window

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thats a common "problem", it also happens to me so i just avoid the "new message" and look at the "unread" one

log out and log in again and see if that helps

The unread number should never act dodgy, as it's just a count of how many PMs are unread. The "new" number can be dodgy though, since it's based on your last visit time. It should only go from 1 or more down to 0 when your last visit time is updated. Some things that can update the time are staying offline for 15 minutes, logging out, or marking all forums as read.