Fake "1 new message" bug?


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When I browse the "Main" page of Neowin (neowin.net), I often get "1 new message" where it should read "0 new messages" since I didn't actually receive a new messge. This doesn't happen when I'm on the forum page. It happens on the Main, Gamer and Software pages.

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Hm, looks like you were right. (Although it was marked as unread I had read it before, but anyway). But then I shouldn't have been getting "0 new messages" on the forum page.

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After a while the forum gives up and considers the message no longer new even though it is still unread. The front page doesn't care and will still tell you that you have unread messages even if they are very old.

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Yeah the two (front page and forum) use different code. I'm not 100% certain on the exact differences, so I'll let a dev tell you exactly what's happening.

They use the same code now ;) Saves us an sql query :p

The forums and main page should display the same number from now on.

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