Re: Burning question about forums .. and I guess this applies to gmail as well

2007-12-13 Thread Jonathan Buchanan
On Dec 13, 2007 8:59 AM, Roboto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do forums ie PHPBB and gmail know if I've viewed a topic or not? > > I can think of only 2 methods - 1 is session, and the second is > database. However, if I change computers and therefore changing my > session it's still able to

Burning question about forums .. and I guess this applies to gmail as well

2007-12-13 Thread Roboto
How do forums ie PHPBB and gmail know if I've viewed a topic or not? I can think of only 2 methods - 1 is session, and the second is database. However, if I change computers and therefore changing my session it's still able to ensure track what I've viewed. It therefore leads me to believe that