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Nope nope nope...
I'd much prefer it as oldest first, newest Last. That way, you can actually follow the FLOW of the discussion without having to do a stutter-step-scroll to read long Posts.
The only time this order has ANY advantage is when you were the starting poster or where involved in the discussion from the beginning, and there is no need to review the original question.
The worst thing, though, is when the post goes onto a second page. Then I have to click on the page button to read the original question and figure out what the people on page 4 are talking about!
I love this system.
Even threads I'm not involved in, I check out the first & Last pages, then later, everything new is at the top.
A while ago, I imagined that the best system would be half&half, with newer Posts going down the page, and newest Posts on page one.
Pages should probably open showing the bottom of page 1 (newest post)
Today, I don't think so anymore.
I have 1152 x 864 resolution running, so I can get reasonably long Posts entirely on screen. Even if not, it dosen't bother me.
Scrolling up to the next post is essentially automatic for me now (I have no problem switching gears to other Boards, even if I'm doing both simultaneously)
This forum style simply feels like home.
Always, an option to set the preferred viewing style would be best, but I'm pretty sure that if it was an option I would not have tried it.