Flat or Threaded?

dumbluck · #1 July 16th, 2005, 02:49 AM

I've never really liked Threaded forums, but I thought that I'd see what everybody else thought. How do you view the Intel forums? Is the Threaded View you're favorite? Are you an old school Flat View user?

Kamog · #2 July 16th, 2005, 03:11 AM

I use flat view all the time. With the threaded view, we get these staggered diagonal listings which aren't particularly helpful and you can only read one post at a time.

Ed Kolis · #3 July 16th, 2005, 07:58 AM

And all the flat-mode users (like me) just reply to the last post anyway, so all benefit of having threads is lost

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 July 16th, 2005, 08:00 AM

...I didn't even know you could read it threaded. But that's not my favoriate anyway.

Have to play around with it when I can think.

Captain Kwok · #5 July 16th, 2005, 11:23 AM

Flat view all the way!

Alneyan · #6 July 16th, 2005, 04:13 PM

Threaded view is actually good for something: it allows to link to one specific post without depending on display settings. Linking to one post in a specific thread only seems to work for people having the same exact settings as you do; at least, I have been unable to get it to work on other computers by using the post number alone.

The one question you should ask is: "Latest post first, or earliest post first?"

Phoenix-D · #7 July 16th, 2005, 04:17 PM

I only use threaded views in forums where its the ONLY option.

Not because I don't like it but because things get ridiclously confusing otherwise.

Caduceus · #8 July 16th, 2005, 05:25 PM

We all seem to overwhelmingly choose a flat world versus a threaded one... Hmm...

Strategia_In_Ultima · #9 July 22nd, 2005, 05:07 PM

The world is flat! The world is flat! If you go too far you'll fall of the edges! It's not round, or hollow, it's flat! NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!!!