Is it just me or...

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Breschau:
Thing I found was after reading this board for a while I go to other Boards and automatically check the first post to see the most recent.


My main dislike of the system here (besides having to get used to it) is if there's a thread with a few pages and there's a lot of activity when I'm away. It means it's hard to find the point where the read Posts end and the unread start. On a regular forum you can just remember that you were at page 5 Last time you browsed, but here what's on page 5 one day isn't necessarily the on page 5 the next.

You have a "jump to new Posts" link (if you're logged in) in each thread. All you need to do is make sure the board remembers which are now "old" - I just go to "my profile" and "update new Posts" before I quit.

Then, there's the "next thread" link, which will take you to the next thread with unread Posts. I tend to start at the OLDEST thread with new Posts, and move to "next"; only, if you post a message, you'll get taken back to the thread afterward, and there will be no "next" thread, since the one you are on has the newest post. To avoid this, I prepare all Posts in separate browser windows and only post them when I'm done reading...

(Not sure if this makes sense to others than me; it's a bit hard to explain)