Posts are backwards why?

Gandalf Parker · #1 June 24th, 2004, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by DarkAnt:
You would not believe how confused I was when I first starting reading Posts at shrapnel. I believe you might be losing a few people just because of the initial confusion.

Possibly. But initially the choice was "this or that". There were pros and cons either way.

NOW I believe the new Version of the software offers it as a Users choice in their profile. Very nice. If we can port over the threads we have going then it will be a win/win situation.

Blitz · #2 July 2nd, 2004, 01:13 AM

So like, is there any action being taken on this or what? No, I never "got used to it". Yes, it's still annoying. Please fix, thanks.

FarAway Pretender · #3 July 3rd, 2004, 08:54 AM

Just thought I'd throw in my thoughts: I definitely prefer the "standard" format used by other Boards. It really does bother me "reading backwards".

However, as others have said, it's obviously more important to pay the $$$ and keep things afloat, so if fixing the display causes too many problems, I guess we'll all deal with it (or we'll take our ball and go home). Running a forum is a fairly thankless job (think of it as "mayor without any perks"!) and I can't blame the Admins if they don't have the time to do a whole new install.

I do think it's sad how bitter some posters are getting over this. We're all brought here by love of the game(s), and it's a shame we can't at least treat each other with the sort of basic respect that our parents all raised us to have.

Kudos to Gandalf for trying to keep this thread constructive and civil!

[ July 03, 2004, 07:54: Message edited by: FarAway Pretender ]

Fyron · #4 July 4th, 2004, 02:54 AM

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Kudos to Gandalf for trying to keep this thread constructive and civil!

Don't forget Tim Brooks, Richard, Mephisto, Atrocities, etc., etc., etc. that tried to keep it civil as well.

Azselendor · #5 July 4th, 2004, 04:05 PM

What's annoying about the ucrrent system for me is that when I search for something, it never displays the correct post in large threads.

If I'm searching for a post in a thread with 20 pages and my answer is on the 3rd post from the start of the tread, it'll show me the third most recent post from the bottom instead.

msew · #6 July 6th, 2004, 09:16 AM

I don't see the poll refered to, so I can't put my poll vote in sadly.

I strongly believe that the user should have the option to pick which display mechanic they desire.

e.g.

May
June
July

VS

July
June
May

~msew

reverend · #7 July 6th, 2004, 10:57 AM

I've been reading these forums for some time now, and it still bothers me that the order of the Posts is reversed. It is directly opposite to human habit: reading is usually done from top to bottom. Look around. You will very rarely find a board that uses the same reversed layout that Shrapnel uses.

I understand the original reason behind this, but you can't mean that "we always did it like this, so it stays this way" seriously.