On 09/07/14, Psi-Jack said the following...   
       
    Ps> One more quirk I can suggest to iron out.   
    Ps>    
    Ps> When a user posts a new message, and their message read pointer for that   
    Ps> message base is already at the last message before their own new post, it   
    Ps> would be very nice if Mystic would automatically adjust the message   
    Ps> pointer to mark the user's own new post as read, because, they literally   
    Ps> just wrote it, but newscan shows it.   
      
   i'm between the options on this... on the one hand, it kinda makes sense but   
   what happens if new messages have been tossed into the message area while the   
   user was writing their message? this is why JAM (not sure about SQUish at the   
   moment) has two read pointers... with only one pointer (lastread), the user   
   could miss messages if it was set to be equal to the post they just made...   
   with two pointers, lastread and highread, then maybe setting highread to their   
   post might be OK but i err on the other side and say not, not really... just   
   because they wrote it doesn't mean that they have read up to that point...   
      
   the deal with two pointers is that while reading messages, one might jump up   
   to the next post in a thread (mystic doesn't yet support this) and then return   
   to where they were to continue reading... their highread would point to the   
   highest message number they have read but the lastread pointer shows where   
   they are in the list of posts... i might read a message and then jump on up to   
   the next reply to that post without reading the other in between... when i'm   
   done, i can return to the post where i jumped from and go on from there... if   
   i drop my connection after the jump and before i return back, then yes, the   
   lastread and highread would both point to the same message and i would "loose"   
   those i skipped unless i specifically went back hunting for them...   
      
    Ps> I don't know, that's just my own thought. I think opinions on others on   
    Ps> this might be good to get to see if they feel the same.    
      
   when (if?) the JAM (and SQUish) capabilities are fully implemented, things   
   should be clearer and easier to follow...   
      
   disclaimer: it has been over a decade since i used and tested SQUish bases...   
   the main software i run was the ones that created JAM bases so i'm much more   
   familiar with them at this point in time but there's still some aspects of   
   them that i've forgotten...   
      
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