Could we have go to last message links?

Click on thread, then click on last page, then click on down arrow

[graeme_p]

I find myself using a series of clicks to see the new messages in along thread.

The ideal solution would be sending logged in users to the first unread message (by default, or with a link).

The next best would be to link directly to the bottom of the last page from the top of the thread (and from links to the thread from the forums, the front page etc.). It would often be a lot easier and quicker to scroll up from there.

[engine]

It's the pagination which is what you're facing, and everyone has a different setup in control panel.

[graeme_p]

I do not understand that. There are pagination links, and AFAIK links to all pages for the thread at the bottom of each page in a thread. Appending #bottom to the last link would come pretty close to it, surely?

[lucy24]

:: detour to View Source ::
The Quick Reply area already has an id="post". If there were a link directly to this id, then you would at least find yourself at the bottom of that page's thread (which on my computer is only about halfway down the page as a whole).

[brotherhood of LAN]

Perhaps a cookie per URL with pagination count + last seen message and some JS can decide which page number to load and an anchor can scroll to the newest unread message.

[tangor]

Heh ... I just do it old school ... click last pagination then hit the End key to get to the bottom and read up in reverse.

Different stroke, different folks.

Meanwhile, a cookie solution would not work for me as I routinely delete all cookies for a variety of reasons.