What's the diff: New posts vs Latest Posts?

theNbomr · 02-13-2009, 04:45 PM

I've wondered almost since I started using LQ about the difference between the 'View Latest Posts' and 'View New Posts' links on the LQ Main Menu. So, finally, I just need to know; what is the difference?
--- rod.

jeremy · 02-13-2009, 04:53 PM

"View New Posts" shows all new posts since your last active session.

"View Latest Posts" by default shows all posts from the last 7 days, but can be arbitrarily modified from there.

--jeremy

XavierP · 02-13-2009, 04:53 PM

New posts are the new posts since your last visit (up to a limit of 12 pages I think), the latest posts are the posts from the last 7 days. I think....

theNbomr · 02-13-2009, 05:09 PM

Thanks. Since I perpetually have a browser window or six open to a LQ thread, I wonder how to interpret 'since your last active session'?
--- rod.

jeremy · 02-13-2009, 05:42 PM

An LQ session times out after 15 minutes of inactivity, but new threads posted during an active session will also be picked up by "View New Posts".

--jeremy