I often go back and look at threads in which I've recently posted a node. Currently, I usually do this by clicking back to my home node, then on my write ups, then on a recent post, then on the "in thread" link. It's rather inconvenient.

I propose the addition of new "Recent Posts" nodelet. It would contain links to your own most recent N posts where N would be configurable. I imagine each line in the nodlet would be the node title preceded by "In thread" and "In reply to" links respectively abbreviated as "T" and "R". So, they would look something like this example:

T R - RE: RE: it is amazing sometimes how little you know...

Another suggestion which, I think, naturally follows from the one above is to add "In thread" and "In reply to" links to the results returned by the Perl Monks User Search.

As usual, I have no idea of the difficulty of implementing these suggestions. I would also be happy to hear of any alternative navigational strategies which would be better suited to this particular workflow (i.e. visiting threads to which I've recently posted.)

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

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