A new web newsreader

[Dmitry]

On Thursday, 8 December 2011 at 13:19:39 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 December 2011 at 11:43:25 UTC, Dmitry wrote:
>> It would be great to have a button "View New Posts". It could 
>> be very useful and I think it is only what we need actually. :)
>
> What would such a button do?

It would allow you to view all of the topics which have new 
messages (replies) in since your last visit. Each the topic would 
contain the new messages only and, if it makes sense, the 
original messages too.

For example, assume that I had already read everything and 
replied to your message some time ago.
A few minutes later I had pressed button/link "View New Posts" on 
the "Forum Index" page so that there was your reply only.
The page could look as follows.

› Forum Index
======== D Programming Language ========
Forum              Last Post
----------------------------------------
digitalmars.D      A new web newsreader
                   by Vladimir Panteleev
                           ? minutes ago

The page would be empty at all, if there was nothing new for 
reading. Alternatively, another approach could keep it as it is 
for now, but indicate somehow on unread messages (e.g. change the 
font style or place a count of new messages).

Then, if I had entered to "digitalmars.D" with the new message 
the page could look as below.

› digitalmars.D
======= A new web newsreader ========
Dmitry                    ? hours ago // original message, had 
been already read
  Vladimir Panteleev    ? minutes ago // unread message

Sorry for unclear explanation.

In other words, button "View New Posts" could update a page 
filtering out all read messages.