Hi there

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NEW Automated roBOT Posts 25,006 7 0 27 Feb 2019
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NEW InterBBS Data 3,941 14 0 26 Feb 2019
NEW Magicka BBS Support/Dev 499 8 0 27 Feb 2019
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Cryptographics 629 0 0 10 Jan 2019
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NEW ALLFIX File Announce 1,010 10 0 27 Feb 2019

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In the above example if I am reading posts in the Magicka base and read everything, when I exit back out to this index view the reader will snap to
the next NEW base below the last base read.. so it jumps to the ALLFIX File Announce..

What I think would be preferable would be for the reader to keep it's focus
on any remaining NEW bases in the group that is currently being read.

This will avoid needless scrolling upwards using the arrow keys to place
focus on unread bases in the group being read. Do you think a
snap_focus_group = true or similar could be added to the behavior of the
reader and into the .ini file for folks to enable/disable?

Best, Paul

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What I think would be preferable would be for the reader to keep it's focus on any remaining NEW bases in the group that is currently being read.

This will avoid needless scrolling upwards using the arrow keys to place focus on unread bases in the group being read. Do you think a snap_focus_group = true or similar could be added to the behavior of the reader and into the .ini file for folks to enable/disable?

Probably an easier change might be to jump to the "first new" base when it snaps instead of the next base after the one you just read. But I am not sure how I like that either, so maybe I could add it so it always tries to snap to the group before then moving on down the list, as you describe.

I don't know that I need to make it an option I think maybe it should
just always work that way.

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On 27 Feb 2019 at 02:30a, g00r00 pondered and said...

Probably an easier change might be to jump to the "first new" base when
it snaps instead of the next base after the one you just read. But I am not sure how I like that either, so maybe I could add it so it always tries to snap to the group before then moving on down the list, as you describe.

I don't know that I need to make it an option I think maybe it should
just always work that way.

Yep whatever works for you, but thanks, it would be helpful vs having to keep arrowing up if I choose a base that is last in the group of NEW bases within
a group. :)

Best, Paul

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