Subscription Usage

[Champagne taste beer budget]

After just subscribing to another thread, I wonder how many people use this aspect of the forum? I have maybe a dozen on my list, and though I don't check em that often, when I have a question, it's nice to know I can hit 2 or 3 clicks and get the answers I am looking for rather than bringing up the same topic over and over again with different subject lines.

I'd suggest that everyone use the subscriptions, it's easy, quick, and prevents you from forgetting where you saw what information. If you like a topic, or think it may apply to you in 3 months or a year, subscribe, keep all the info handy.

Works for me.

[No Disc]

Good tip. Havent used it before, but will now. Seems very useful.

- Tim

[LarryC]

I'm not clear -- how does it work? Do you say to send to your subscriptions inbox, whatever that is? Does it simply take you back to a thread that otherwise one would have trouble finding again?

Thanks,

Larry

[Joe Shmoe]

I might have to try it, because I have either read or posted something somewhere but couldn't find it when I tried.

[maxg]

Interesting - never used it.

You are right however - it is a very good way of finding information quickly. I think I will try it out from now on.

[Champagne taste beer budget]

It's rather simple, actually. When you're in a thread, along the top option boxes will be one labeled "Subscribe" or "Add To Subscriptions" or some such thing. Simply click it, then when you check your own profile, there is another box on the same row with "My Subscriptions". Click it, it will list all the threads you have selected and you can go directly to them from there.

Especially useful when some off the wall topic comes up inside a thread with an unrelated title, or when you want to review something that you had an interest in 6 months later.

[jtkinney]

Good suggestion. You have to be logged in before you can subscribe.