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Automatic announce system // get updates on threads as your fellow IT'ers post ! - ntype - 02-12-2008

So you have just create THE thread...anyhow you don't want to check every 5 minutes who answered and who didn't...

well I've got what you need : FORUM ADDITIVE

this free add-on for Mozilla firefox automatically follows the updates in the threads for you (you can btw manage what he follows "by hand").

https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/4667

Q. How to install ?
A. Go to the URL (https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/4667) then click on the green button (below) follow onscreen instructions
you need firefox browser in case you haven't this gem just go there :
HTTP://GETFIREFOX.COM

Q. How to use ?
A. Just post around here it is going to manage things by himself

Q. What happens when an update in a thread comes ?
A. A non intrusive sliding windows comes from the left below of the screen it tells you which thread and which poster updated, it offers you a link to go directly there.

Q. Ok nice but I don't want that many updates on a thread
A. Up to you can change settings for each particular discutions

Q. And what happens for old thread s?
A. they are automatically marked as "no follow anymore" (he proposes you)


Automatic announce system // get updates on threads as your fellow IT'ers post ! - leeman - 02-12-2008

Cool.

:thumbsup:


Automatic announce system // get updates on threads as your fellow IT'ers post ! - Banana - 02-12-2008

:confused:


Automatic announce system // get updates on threads as your fellow IT'ers post ! - Chester - 02-12-2008

For those who need to be kept up to date.