Order of posts option

[beenben]

+I would like the option to have posts go on chronological or reverse chronological order. I have no idea how they appear now. it makes no sense to me. someone posts at noon, someone else replies at 1PM, another replies at 2PM, a third replies at 3PM, the order is going to be, from top to bottom, what? I have no idea.

+Also, you click on a thread, it doesn't always show you the original post, it shows you the most recent. But sometimes it shows you the original post.

+There is unexplained variance in how the forums appear. Sometimes threads are dark gray. Often things are in different order. It's not clear to me what puts things in what order.