I think some button realignment is in order, to avoid having the terrible thing I just did happen to others.
I use the "quick links" button and then then the "subscribed threads" button to quickly check if there are new posts in the threads I'm most interested in. Just now, inadvertently, instead of clicking on "Quick Links" I must have clicked on "What's New" which is just above it. The result of that is that any thread with posts I haven't yet read is shown. That would be useful. The problem is that since I was clicking quickly, I then attempted to click again, without realizing that I had actually clicked above Quick Links." The result is that I wound up clicking on what shows up in the same place as "Quick Links" once you have switched to the "What's New" menu. And that, catastrophically is, "Mark Forums As Read."
So now I have marked every forum and every thread I have not read and possibly wanted to read as read. Something I most definitely did not want to do, and something I consider pretty catastrophic. As an aside, if anyone has any great idea of how I could fix this via cookie management, short of deleting all my TMC cookies, which would have other negative effects I don't want, please feel free to let me know. But to save others from experiencing this, I'd suggest either a different placement of the buttons, or possible an "Are you sure" pop-up before forums are marked as read.
I am very upset right now, and have no idea how I'll figure out what I've read and what I haven't on this site going forward.
I use the "quick links" button and then then the "subscribed threads" button to quickly check if there are new posts in the threads I'm most interested in. Just now, inadvertently, instead of clicking on "Quick Links" I must have clicked on "What's New" which is just above it. The result of that is that any thread with posts I haven't yet read is shown. That would be useful. The problem is that since I was clicking quickly, I then attempted to click again, without realizing that I had actually clicked above Quick Links." The result is that I wound up clicking on what shows up in the same place as "Quick Links" once you have switched to the "What's New" menu. And that, catastrophically is, "Mark Forums As Read."
So now I have marked every forum and every thread I have not read and possibly wanted to read as read. Something I most definitely did not want to do, and something I consider pretty catastrophic. As an aside, if anyone has any great idea of how I could fix this via cookie management, short of deleting all my TMC cookies, which would have other negative effects I don't want, please feel free to let me know. But to save others from experiencing this, I'd suggest either a different placement of the buttons, or possible an "Are you sure" pop-up before forums are marked as read.
I am very upset right now, and have no idea how I'll figure out what I've read and what I haven't on this site going forward.