BLUE DOT - DOES NOT DISAPPEAR

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BLUE DOT - DOES NOT DISAPPEAR

On the first column of the list of discussion there is a blue dot. I have not found a description of this but from the use of the community and of other software I believe it should disappear after I have seen the latest posts in the discussion.

Actually it happens to work in that way but I have a discussion (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4406808?answerId=19943226022#19943226022) in which I am the latest to post whre the blue dot remains. I have seen the discussion several times to be sure about it but the dot dopes nbot go away.

No problem about it of course. I am only suggesting the matter not only to have more info from more expereinced people but also to suggest a possible error which could mean some more to the moderator.

Posted on Nov 1, 2012 10:10 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2012 10:18 AM in response to WALTER-MILANO-ITALY

It will shortly, or if you visit it again and no addition posts have been made. For reasons unknown, it appears to do this periodically. May have something to do with cache on your machine or the connection along the way. I've found it tend to do this when I am on the network at the office but rarely if ever when I am one my network at home.

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Answer 2

Nov 1, 2012 10:27 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

I deleted the chache, visited the discussion 3 more times. I clicked on "Like" just to "move" the status...

No way. The blue dot is there.

The discussion is 3 weeks old and now is archived.

May be this is the reason

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2012 10:29 AM in response to WALTER-MILANO-ITALY

The cache issue isn't neccessarily on your machine. And the discussion isn't archived (not really sure what you mean by that).

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Answer 4

Klaus1

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Nov 1, 2012 11:14 AM in response to WALTER-MILANO-ITALY

The Blue Dot means that the thread is unread (by you). Once you have read it it disappears.

I believe it set by a cookie, not your cache.

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Answer 5

Niel

Community+ 2026

Level 10

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Nov 1, 2012 11:18 AM in response to Klaus1

If you're logged in, the record of which threads you've read is stored on the servers. The boards don't track it for guests.

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Answer 6

Nov 1, 2012 12:03 PM in response to Klaus1

Its not stored in cookies. Definitely on the server. And by cache, I didn't mean to indicate it is stored in cache, just that cached pages may not reflect the changes.

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Answer 7

Nov 1, 2012 1:35 PM in response to Niel

Thanks Niel. I forgot to mention that I read several times the thread for sure most of the times logged in. I did it again now to test.

And the blue dot is still there.

Thanks to everybody for your help.

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Answer 8

Nov 1, 2012 1:59 PM in response to WALTER-MILANO-ITALY

Solution found.

Just clicked on Mark all as read...... Blue dot is gone.

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