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[glynor]

I accidentally hit the Mark Read button sometimes and it makes me mad.

I imagine some people might use it on purpose (but maybe not), but it is right up there near the other buttons I do use, and I fat-finger/crazy-mouse it sometimes, and there is no Undo.  Can it be a user option or something to make it go away?  Or can it have a confirmation pop-up or something?

[Dirhael]

If you're using Opera, Chrome or Firefox you could use CSS to hide it. If you're using Firefox, use the Stylish extension (Chrome: Stylish). Opera can use a custom style sheet for any specific site, no need for extensions.

This should take care of it:

for the Stylish extension:

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@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("yabb.jriver.com") {
.mirrortab_back > a[href^="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?action=markasread;sa=board"] {
display: none !important
}
}

for Opera:

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.mirrortab_back > a[href^="http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?action=markasread;sa=board"] {
display: none !important
}


[InflatableMouse]

I actually use that button quite extensively, and on purpose I might add .

But I wouldn't mind if it were moved or asked for confirmation first.

[glynor]

If you're using Opera, Chrome or Firefox you could use CSS to hide it.

Thanks.  That's clever thinking!  Unfortunately, I have way too many computing devices for this kind of solution to be practical.

Two primary machines at home.
Two primary machines at work.
A laptop.
A whole swath of VMs.
And mobile devices.

Keeping that working and in sync on all of those (especially the iDevices) would be difficult or impossible.  Easier to just suffer through an occasional fat-finger.   

[glynor]

I actually use that button quite extensively, and on purpose I might add .

I figured some people did, but thanks for confirming.  I just leave unread threads unread forever, but to each their own.

[bwaldron]

I actually use that button quite extensively, and on purpose I might add .

But I wouldn't mind if it were moved or asked for confirmation first.

Same here (on both counts)

[InflatableMouse]

I figured some people did, but thanks for confirming.  I just leave unread threads unread forever, but to each their own.

The reason I do that is because the unread posts since last visit isn't working very well for me. On a single pc it works fine between sessions, but (I think because its using cookies), from another PC its either reset, shows short list or shows an insanely big list. So when I finish my daily readup on the forums, I tend to mark all as read so I can start fresh when I visit the forums the next day or from another device. I realize this is far from ideal and its the main reason I miss posts but there's too many new posts to follow anyway. I try to pick the ones I feel I can contribute to or the ones I find interesting to follow.

I guess its not really a solution to my problem and maybe there is a better way but I haven't found it. If I can truly 'continue where I left' between devices and sessions, I wouldn't have to use the mark as read button like I do now and I could leave unread posts unread forever, like you're doing. I don't know how you do things between sessions or between different devices - I'm open to suggestions .

[syn-ack]

I actually use that button quite extensively, and on purpose I might add .

But I wouldn't mind if it were moved or asked for confirmation first.

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