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Nao

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« Reply #15, on July 24th, 2012, 06:48 PM »
- Calculation: how about we store a 'snapshot' of boards in localStorage, and use that to determine whether there are new boards at runtime? (With JavaScript...) That's in reply to Dragooon's post. I'll go back to sleep now...

- new icon: I'll mention that in the other topic.

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« Reply #16, on July 24th, 2012, 07:06 PM »
Which is great until you happen to use another device or computer for checking your forum, e.g. mobile phone vs desktop (and yes it does happen - even you do it ;))
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Nao

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« Reply #17, on July 24th, 2012, 08:31 PM »
Then we just don't provide any visual hints for these... Which IMHO is not a huge loss.

Arantor

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« Reply #18, on July 24th, 2012, 10:44 PM »
I suppose if you've got the front page that tells you about new topics, it's probably OK not to display the board index's new boards across platforms...

I think it's worth experimentation.

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« Reply #19, on July 25th, 2012, 05:55 AM »
Quote from Nao on July 24th, 2012, 06:48 PM
- Calculation: how about we store a 'snapshot' of boards in localStorage, and use that to determine whether there are new boards at runtime? (With JavaScript...) That's in reply to Dragooon's post. I'll go back to sleep now...

- new icon: I'll mention that in the other topic.
Just thought I'd mention that that would have privacy implications and is covered by the EU's PECR ....

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« Reply #20, on July 25th, 2012, 11:04 AM »
I'm not entirely sure about that.

It's maintaining what amounts to a preference and is not personally identifiable. There are exceptions in the PECR for such things, though it's incredibly vague.
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