On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Hhhippo <hhhipppo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi S Page,

Yes, when you follow a Permalink to a post in a topic, that post has a green left bar (example). But when you click on a "Hhhippo and 2 others responded" message notification, there's an extra parameter fromnotif=1 that causes Flow to highlight that post and newer ones (example).

... What do you mean by "the actual reply"? Is there a special notification for a direct reply to one of my posts?

I don't think so, whether you're watching the topic or someone replies to your post you get the same 'flow-notification-reply' "Xxxx responded", and if there are additional notifications then Echo's notification bundling transforms them into one 'flow-notification-reply-bundle' "Xxx and N others responded". The topic from the first notification becomes the permalink.

(A gadget writer could add a client-side "Highlight newer posts than this" action: fame and fortune awaits)

Yes yes, got the hint already last time ;-)

It's my general exhortation to the crowd.

=S Page Collaboration team engineer