Does this new format bother anyone else?

BruceZ · #1 08-11-2003, 04:39 AM

Not only are replies added in reverse order, but the listing of posts on the main page bears almost no obvious correspondence to what appears in threaded mode once you click on a post. You completely lose your place in the thread, and it's very hard to figure out where you are and who's responding to what.

It's crap. Please fix it.

MMMMMM · #2 08-11-2003, 09:40 AM

The two format changes you mention are bad and it would be great if Mason and/or Chuck would fix them.

Other than those two problems, I like the current system better than what we had a year ago. It is nice to have an automatic feature which tells you when there have been additions or responses in threads which interest you.

Ray Zee · #3 08-11-2003, 11:51 AM

try going into flat mode. you get each thread down the page in its order of posting and the forum shows at startup each thread that has new posts added to it. icnat get the other way to work either and flat is so much better anyway for me.

andyfox · #4 08-11-2003, 12:07 PM

But the flat mode doesn't indicate what post a subsequent post is responding to.

Wake up CALL · #5 08-11-2003, 12:27 PM

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But the flat mode doesn't indicate what post a subsequent post is responding to.

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Sure it does. I am in flat mode and your post shows in the subject line header re: Ray Zee.

David Steele · #6 08-11-2003, 12:31 PM

and flat mode is not a substitute for a working
threaded mode.

D.

BruceZ · #7 08-11-2003, 10:47 PM

I don't want to use flat mode. In flat mode you really can't follow the threads. You don't know what post anyone is responding too, so you can't follow the flow of the discussion. You can't refer to other posts without scrolling through a bunch of crap.

I expect to get the modes I am paying for. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Wake up CALL · #8 08-11-2003, 11:22 PM

Bruce use:

Decending Date

Flat Mode

Collapsed Threads

This solves the problem you dislike.

Rick Nebiolo · #9 08-12-2003, 02:39 PM

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But the flat mode doesn't indicate what post a subsequent post is responding to.

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Sure it does. I am in flat mode and your post shows in the subject line header re: Ray Zee.

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What if there are several responses by or to the same author e.g., Mason when he posts a "Hand to Talk About". Let's say skp or Andy Fox replies in several spots and Mason eventually gets back in several spots. In flat mode you can't easily tell who responds to who unless they do it only once.

Neat would be a flat mode that maintains the thread logic with a slight level of indenture (perhaps some sort of graphic pointing to widely spaced posts within threads at nearby indenuture levels).

Regards,

Rick

John Feeney · #10 08-12-2003, 05:58 PM

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But the flat mode doesn't indicate what post a subsequent post is responding to.

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Sure it does. I am in flat mode and your post shows in the subject line header re: Ray Zee.

[/ QUOTE ] In flat mode you can't easily tell who responds to who unless they do it only once.

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I think that's correct.

(Actually I just wanted to see if I could expand on Rick's quote trickery. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])

I do agree that some kind of threaded, flat mode would be best.

BTW, I know Chuck's aware of the reversed format thing. But it turned out not to be so easy to get it back to how it was before. I think he's waiting till he gets some time to dig into it.