I'm with chady; we need lastnode_id, for it's the only way to quickly determine the value to give an [id://] link. While some have previously suggested that the node id should be printed as part of the text of a node, that hasn't happened (and doesn't look like it's going to happen).

Yes, we can link to other nodes using titles, however, given the number of duplicate titles in the archives, lastnode_id is arguably the best tool we currently have for being specific in out links to other nodes.

I realize you suggested this as an option, but I'm pretty sure the value would have to appear somewhere in the content anyway. Perhaps one way to implement it might be to have that option decide whether the value appears in the query line or as a hidden field. but that just shuffles things around. So, I really don't see any benefit. It's still there and you're still downloading it.

Personally, I haven't had much of a problem tracking nodes that I've already seen. Sure, I've re-read certain ones, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I would imagine, though, that one of these would offer some ways to help you track your visits to the Monastery more specifically.

--f

In reply to Re: turn off lastnode_id by footpad
in thread yet another user option: turn off lastnode_id by Vynce

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.