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I wish MN had

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 06:52

The option to click on a thread and be taken to the last post I read, rather than starting at the first page again.

I would also love if when I clicked the you have been mentioned on the notifications, it would actually take me to where in the thread i've been mentioned.

What about you? What feature do you wish MN had?

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RampantIvy · 02/04/2021 06:55

Bookmark the post you last read. It only works on my phone though, not my laptop.

FindingMeno · 02/04/2021 06:57

I would love to put a laughing face response to some comments ( the name for that escapes me) like you can on Facebook.

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 06:59

@RampantIvy

Bookmark the post you last read. It only works on my phone though, not my laptop.

I had no idea bookmarking was a thing. Is it on the App? I now even more annoyed not really that it exists but I can't use it.

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Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:03

Yes, the bookmark function takes you to the last post you read. I never look at notifications because I tend to follow the thread and know if I've been mentioned etc.

Can you not use the quote function and the emoji @FindingMeno?

Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:04

@RampantIvy

Bookmark the post you last read. It only works on my phone though, not my laptop.

Works on my phone and laptop, but I don't use the App so don't know about that.

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 07:05

Works on my phone and laptop, but I don't use the App so don't know about that.

Woah really? I don't seem to have a bookmark option. Where is it?

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CuthbertDibbleandGrubb · 02/04/2021 07:06

I wish you had a short period of time, even a couple of minutes, to edit your posts and correct misspellings.

FindingMeno · 02/04/2021 07:08

@Sparklingbrook I'm too lazy

Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:09

@AaronPurr

Works on my phone and laptop, but I don't use the App so don't know about that.

Woah really? I don't seem to have a bookmark option. Where is it?

You have to switch it on. No idea if you can do that on a phone but on a laptop click the little down arrow in the circle next to Talk at the top of the page and click 'Customise'. It's where you choose the colours for yours and OP's posts etc

Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:09

[quote FindingMeno]@Sparklingbrook I'm too lazy [/quote]

You've just done it.

Poppins2016 · 02/04/2021 07:11

@AaronPurr it's at the bottom right of each post. Pic attached!

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 07:15

Wow thank you I now have a bookmark feature, although it's invisible until I hover over it. I'm now curious about why they hide it, i've been here years and never knew it existed.

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Poppins2016 · 02/04/2021 07:15

@Sparklingbrook so pleased I stumbled across this thread and your reply, as I had no idea there was a customise option! I've just gone and changed loads of stuff, having thought it was all set by default!

NoBetterthanSheShouldBe · 02/04/2021 07:19

A like / dislike button for individual comments. As the newspapers do. It would avoid long long threads of everyone agreeing with little to add, and make the forums more readable.

Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:19

[quote Poppins2016]@Sparklingbrook so pleased I stumbled across this thread and your reply, as I had no idea there was a customise option! I've just gone and changed loads of stuff, having thought it was all set by default! [/quote]
Have you made yourself a nice colour? I am a pinky colour and OP is a nice green.

RampantIvy · 02/04/2021 07:20

@Poppins2016 I asked MN if they could set highlight OP's posts as a default, and they said that they would look at it. It would save posters giving the same advice multiple times after the OP has updated their OP.

@Sparklingbrook when I click on Bookmark on my laptop it then says saved, but still doesn't work. I did it on this thread and it didn't take me to the post I had bookmarked, but it will do it on my phone. I use the mobile site on my phone, not the app.

eyeoresancerre · 02/04/2021 07:21

Swipe left on the part you want to finish reading at and the tap the bookmark button.

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 07:21

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe

A like / dislike button for individual comments. As the newspapers do. It would avoid long long threads of everyone agreeing with little to add, and make the forums more readable.

I'd love to be able to show I agree with a post in some way. Often a poster has said exactly what I want, and I end up quoting saying I agree when really there's no need.

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Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:21

[quote RampantIvy]@Poppins2016 I asked MN if they could set highlight OP's posts as a default, and they said that they would look at it. It would save posters giving the same advice multiple times after the OP has updated their OP.

@Sparklingbrook when I click on Bookmark on my laptop it then says saved, but still doesn't work. I did it on this thread and it didn't take me to the post I had bookmarked, but it will do it on my phone. I use the mobile site on my phone, not the app.[/quote]
Oh I don't know why that would be, might be worth asking MNHQ?

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AaronPurr · 02/04/2021 07:22

@CuthbertDibbleandGrubb

I wish you had a short period of time, even a couple of minutes, to edit your posts and correct misspellings.

Oh yes this would be so helpful. The amount of times I read, reread and then just as I press post I see the typo.

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Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:23

@NoBetterthanSheShouldBe

A like / dislike button for individual comments. As the newspapers do. It would avoid long long threads of everyone agreeing with little to add, and make the forums more readable.

This has come up a lot. Nobody really wants it as it will turn into the Daily Mail comments section pretty quickly. Personally I think it's MN Talk and people should use their words and engage not just lazily press a like/dislike button with no explanation.

RampantIvy · 02/04/2021 07:24

I think I have it suused now. I need to select the thread title rather than the last post.

RampantIvy · 02/04/2021 07:24

sussed

Sparklingbrook · 02/04/2021 07:25

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4208187-To-think-mn-would-be-better-with-a-thumbs-up-down-for-each-post?msgid=106108388

Thread about the like button from yesterday.

MayIDestroyYou · 02/04/2021 07:26

Weirdly, I always hate it when I discover other people are not using MN in exactly the way I do ...

OP, I feel terrible for you! How on earth could you possibly enjoy MN without using bookmarks? (I'm on the Archers thread which always gets close to 1000 posts - would be completely unfeasible without a bookmark.)

Then there are those unfortunate people who didn't realise they could highlight the OP's posts - they're the ones still urging her to cancel the cheque 900 posts in ...

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