in reply to New Feature: Thread Watcher

Hello jdporter..

..and thanks for this feature we expected since long time!

> There is not yet a way to turn off a watch.

Can I suggest to have a page under Settings where all watched threads are visible and where you can unwatch them? In my opinion this will be better than an unwatch link in the node.

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Re^2: New Feature: Thread Watcher
by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 01, 2024 at 13:43 UTC
    Can I suggest to have a page ... where all watched threads are visible and where you can unwatch them

    et voilą.

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Re^2: New Feature: Thread Watcher
by LanX (Saint) on Mar 01, 2024 at 09:22 UTC
    One idea could be to have a search for "nodes you watch"

    The "Find Nodes" Nodelet has "nodes you wrote", that's the same link like for the write-ups number in a user's profile.

    One could parallel that in the Nodelet and in the profile.

    Update: Though in that case these lists should be private like votes.

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      I have added the link to the Find Nodes nodelet. Not sure where I'd put the link on the user's profile, though. In any case, it would just be a link to My Watched Nodes, which only ever shows you your own watches, never someone else's.

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        > Not sure where I'd put the link on the user's profile, though.

        For full analogy I'd say a clickable count between Writeups and Location

        Taking my profile as example:

        ...
Writeups:       12121
Watched:        1
Location:       Darmstadt, Hesse
...

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        I'd also hide it from other users the same way private-scratchpad and pad-edit links are hidden. 

        if(  $NODE->{author_user} == $USER->{node_id}  ) {

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        (Not sure about the last part, I am reading the code with my mobile ATM)

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
        see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

        Updates

        • If you want, I could provide a patch this weekend
        • you may also want to add a backlink to this thread to My Watched Nodes, as a provisional documentation for newbies exploring the features here.
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