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Tricorder · #1 November 7th, 2001, 08:27 PM

How do I get this dam forum to display the first message posted in a thread first, rather than the Last message posted first?

Anyone? Thanks.

Mephisto · #2 November 7th, 2001, 09:26 PM

You can't. But after a while you get used to it. IMHO it is the better way to read a board. You get the latest news at the top of the board.

tesco samoa · #3 November 8th, 2001, 06:53 PM

Agree. Easier read.

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Atrocities · #4 November 9th, 2001, 12:13 AM

Yes, much nicer this way.

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MegaTrain · #5 November 9th, 2001, 12:37 AM

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!

On some other forums I frequent, they have a nice feature where you can jump straight to a particular page of a thread from the forum list. In the list of thread titles, in addition to number of replies, thread starter, etc, it lists the page numbers as links; 1,2,3 if it is a 3 page post, and if you know you've already read all of pages 1 and 2, you can click directly on page 3 and skip to the most recent discussion.

[This message has been edited by MegaTrain (edited 08 November 2001).]

Aristoi · #6 November 9th, 2001, 05:03 AM

I agree that the only use that a most recent first system has is if you're involved in the posting. Since I am not involved in the majority of threads, it is generally annoying to me. It is tolerable if there is only one page, but honestly I won't even look in some of these huge threads because I dread navigating them.