I did the same thing, Perkins.

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That happened to my Happy Birthday Fay post a couple of days ago. I was pretty sure I wasn't in Beep Me. Sorry about that, ita-who-mends.

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Note to self: Read New is dangerous when you're on a conference call and not paying as much attention as you should.

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Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.

(not judging; just pointing it out)

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That's the only drawback I've found with "read new" instead of "read next" within a given thread: if you copy something to respond to and hit new, you're likely to find yourself in an entirely different subbed thread. I've managed two "D'OH!" moments, which is a pretty small percentage of Homers, all things considered.

Training myself to look. at. thread. title. before posting. Truly.

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Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.

(not judging; just pointing it out)

Hence the D'oh-- pay attention comment.

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Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.

Indeed it is. Thing is, if I've got six windows open, am working on novel, pushing cat off keyboard, phone is ringing, etc yada onwards, all the script on the page except that which I am actively reading or typing at that precise moment becomes a splotch of grey against white. Other thing is, I'm on similar layout boards that don't have the thread name above the postbox, so the retraining thing is actually a project.

But slowly, I progress to remembering to check above the box and see where I am. Man, internet time is not like realtime. Nanoseconds seem like forever.

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Note that the thread name is in bold face right above the posting box.

You know, I seriously never noticed that. I keep looking at the page info at the top of my browser to make sure I am posting in the thread I intend to.

Go Team "Ignore the Obvious" Me...

Thanks Jon.

t goes to bang head against the wall for D'OH moment

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You know, I seriously never noticed that. I keep looking at the page info at the top of my browser to make sure I am posting in the thread I intend to.

Well, you're not alone, because I never thought, "Hey, just look at the browser title bar; that way you don't have to scroll up to find out where you are." So, cool, thanks for a scroll-free way to check my environs pre-post message button. So that's my D'oh moment for today. Or, one of them, anyway.

Also -- I learned much about unhealthy board practices reading Light Bulbs and the posts here prior to the housecleaning vote. For what it's worth, and if it doesn't exist in FAQ already, I think a blurb about all the refresh settings, read new, number of posts per screen, etc. stuff that would help contribute to board health could be useful.

Oh hell, I'll just go ahead and admit that I was asking myself, "Where is this message center of which they speak?" And then I cobbled together that if you subscribe to threads you frequent, you get the message center, and, well, isn't that just freakin' handy, and don't I wish I'd figured that out before. (And, all that handy info. could very well be posted somewhere -- I just didn't see it, though I'm pretty sure I read the whole FAQ. But it was a long time ago and may not have struck me at the time). Because before that, I was thinking, "Read New?" But I don't want to read 5,000 movie posts ... Yeah, yeah. Duh.

So, I'm saying that I'm with the folks who suggested putting that all together and posting it where non-board health savvy (or optimum functionality) peeps in my boat would have to trip over it often. Or, bad metaphor because, tripping in boats? Probably not so much good.

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And, all that handy info. could very well be posted somewhere -- I just didn't see it, though I'm pretty sure I read the whole FAQ.

It's here.

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