Thread: Time elapsed.

Do you READ any of these posts?

Not many these days. There are just too many posts to keep up with and it's become a tad sterile.

Originally Posted by silentC

Yep but those old ones always showed the date, even under the new/old system. (I was waiting for that one )

Darn, trolled me, well hArrummphhh!

[stomps off]

Originally Posted by The Grunting One

Not many these days. There are just too many posts to keep up with and it's become a tad sterile.

Not you, I was talking to the young fella. This is just getting silly now. Just do whatever, who cares?

Originally Posted by silentC

Still haven't explained why you need to know how long ago the post was made...

Why do you care?


I'd like to know how long ago something was posted if I just replied to it, and someone else has added something. If I posted 5 minutes ago, and it shows that there is something new posted one minute ago, it's not mine and might be worth retorting to. Unlikely, but it might be worthwhile.


If it says the date, then I'd actually have to read it and comprehend what it says (a rarity around these parts), whereas if it says elapsed time, then I can see quickly how long ago it was, requiring minimal reading and no comprehension.

Saves the effort of actually thinking...

Why do you care?

I don't particularly but obviously some people do care enough to complain about the change, so I'm curious to know how it helps to know precisely how many minutes ago a post was made.

I suppose it depends on how you use the forums. When I look at New Posts, if the item interests me and it is in bold, then there have been new posts to it since I last looked and I follow the link. It seems immaterial to me whether it was made 5 minutes ago or 5 hours ago, I still either want to read it or I don't. The name of the last poster is there, so I know it wasn't me.

This thread is soooooo yesterday

or should I say 24 hours ago

For example:

It's bold so I know I haven't read it. It has your userid on it, so I know it wasn't me who posted it and I also know it was you, so I can decide whether or not I want to read it If I want to know how long ago it was, I don't have to refresh the screen to find out because the time is there. If I click new items and then look at it 5 minutes later (because the phone rang), all the elapsed times are out by 5 minutes. With the date and time instead, I know you posted at 1:26, regardless.

I think having the actual date/time removes a problem that sometime occurs with showing elapsed time.

When two people post at almost the same time, the posts can appear out of context or repeated. If elapsed time is used then both posts will say 1 week ago and you are but if you use the actual date/time you can see that it was a posted at the same time.

What Lignum said.:eek:

Brenton

I'm going to start posting stuff tomorrow. And read stuff posted yesterday, today. Unless what I post tomorrow is not relevant any more, and then i'll post it yesterday.

I like the way it was before the upgrade (SC ). As others have said it's simply quicker to determine how recently the last post was made because you're reading less information, let's change it back please, I don't want to have to work while I'm skiving off.

HH.

It's changed when you view who's online as well so now I have to subtract the time of last activity from the current time to see how long it was since someone was active. This is more effort than simply reading the elapsed time before.:confused: :confused:

Love the multi quotes BTW

HH.

I have to subtract the time of last activity from the current time to see how long it was since someone was active

Why do you even care about that?

Nope, sorry, all of your arguments are silly and I'm so much righter than you it's beyond reckoning.

Originally Posted by silentC

Why do you even care about that?

Nope, sorry, all of your arguments are silly and I'm so much righter than you it's beyond reckoning.

Trouble is we arnt all as intellectually brilliant as you silent and we have to take a few secs to work it all out. The old way is easier for us simple folk