# "First unread post" from search page?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962>\
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**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962 "2003-04-24T22:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962/1 "2003-04-24T22:28:46Z")

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When I want to keep up with threads I participate in, I do a board search under my name, then open all the threads that have had a post. Then, once the page is loaded, I hit ‘go to first unread post’, which works about 75% of the time for me.

One problem is that in a multi-page thread, I load the first page which is totally unnecesary. Since I assume a lot of people use this method to keep up with their posts, that’s wasted bandwidth for an already strained server.

So I was thinking it might be possible to integrate an automatic ‘go to first unread post’ link from the search menu - not in place of the current link, but in addition to it. It’d save lots of people a little bit of effort, and the server a bit of bandwidth.

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962/2 "2003-04-24T23:28:50Z")

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So your path is Search Page \> Search Results \> Thread \> Go To First Unread Post?

Try this instead: when you get the Search Results page, the threads with new posts to it will have the yellow, down-pointing triangle icon to the left of the thread title. Clicking that triangle will take you to the new posts in that thread.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962/3 "2003-04-25T07:03:51Z")

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Aha. I did not know that. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-unread-post-from-search-page/170962/4 "2003-04-25T10:29:41Z")

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You’re very welcome.