[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by woodmj

@ Paul M - Ok, hmm, so, just because something's marked 'deprecated' it doesn't necessarily mean it's gone, just yet :erm: (Note to self)


Basically what we found with Database Marking was when you clicked on New Posts you got the same list you got from Whats New or Recent Activity rather than what used to come from New Posts. With Cookie Marking New Posts only shows any new posts that you haven't read. If there were no new posts it would show "No new posts" or something like that.

In my experience, it is cookie based marking that continues to show threads in the "New Posts" search even after you've read them, and removes them when your cookies expire even if you haven't read them. It is also the cookie based system that chokes, and forces you to clear your cookies to continue, when you perform a large number of tasks on a site.

I recommend to everyone I help that uses the cookie based system to use db marking instead, as I feel it is superior in every way.