OK, now I'm annoyed

[andysocial]

Warning, geeky Livejournal Styles content ahead

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Apparently, the SkipLinks feature works in vastly different ways on the Friends styles than on the the LastN styles. When using SkipLinks on the LastN style, you'll jump back about 3 times before it goes into "day-by-day" mode. This is an enormous pain in my ass when reading longish journals or even scrolling back in my own trying to find a particular post.

But, when used on the Friends style, SkipLinks doesn't seem to have a limit. I have so far jumped back 15 times, and it still is jumping back the n number of entries.

So, my question is: Why is there a limit on SkipLinks for the LastN page? This is obviously a feature and not a bug, so is it a feature someone actually wanted, or just made sense for small journals, but doesn't really make sense for the large journals people have now?

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Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

This won't fix the main problem or help with other people's journals, but it is something that might have some effect. I haven't tested it out with regards to how far back you can skip. But it just came up in support:

How to increase the number of posts per page

LASTN_OPT_ITEMS=>35
FRIENDS_OPT_ITEMS=>35
You can change whatever number you want, Opt items is for your most recent entries, (your journal) Friends is for your friends view page. Just insert that like it is, but change the numbers to what you want, in your override box at..
http://www.livejournal.com/modify.bml

I don't think I want to since I don't want my journal to have an annoyingly large number of posts/page and be tedious to load.

[andysocial]

Eh! Just means I'll hit the 55-post scrollback limit sooner. As we discussed earlier, it's a feature not a bug, but I hope it becomes an option to play with in S2. Not gonna bug Brad et al with something so minor.