Posts are backwards why?

[capnq]

TO figure out where you Last post left off, you have to first scroll down, and then start scrolling up to get back to where you started.

If the forums ran the "normal" way, you'd have to scroll down through all the Posts you've already read to find the new ones, and load another page(s) on threads that run more than one page. On high volume Boards, the current way is actually more efficient, IMO.

I've seen other Boards run latest post first; I myself don't have any trouble "switching gears".

[olaf73]

What other Boards run latest post first? I have never seen one that sorts like this one does.

olaf

[AStott]

If the forums ran the normal way, there'd be a link to take you directly to the oldest post you haven't yet read.

Besides, even on this forum, when you come to a thread you still have to go hunting for the Last post you read. That may or may not be on the first page. Unless (I suppose) you are browsing this board every 10 minutes all day...

Mark me down as someone else who finds the current format irritating.

[Mephisto]

Originally posted by AStott:
If the forums ran the normal way, there'd be a link to take you directly to the oldest post you haven't yet read.

And there is exactly this link too on this board. Look at the little blue arrow in the upper left corner.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by olaf73:

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Originally posted by Richard:
I don't think the sorting will be enabled, and to be honest it isn't being switched because most folks on the Boards like it like this now.

We would just piss the other half of the board off if we changed it .

This cant be an accurate statement.

How could anywhere NEAR half of the forum readers prefer the backwards sorting? No other forum is like this...

Please. For the love of all that is good and holy...fix the sorting.

olaf

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Actually, it is.

If you want Posts in the other order, hit the Printer Friendly button. It will display oldest to newest.

[olaf73]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by olaf73:

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Originally posted by Richard:
I don't think the sorting will be enabled, and to be honest it isn't being switched because most folks on the Boards like it like this now.

We would just piss the other half of the board off if we changed it .

This cant be an accurate statement.

How could anywhere NEAR half of the forum readers prefer the backwards sorting? No other forum is like this...

Please. For the love of all that is good and holy...fix the sorting.

olaf

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Actually, it is.

If you want Posts in the other order, hit the Printer Friendly button. It will display oldest to newest.

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Sorry, I dont buy it. Somebody set up a poll.

The printer friendly view is better than nothing, but you have to hit it for every thread, and the individual Messages arent as readable due to making them...printer friendly.

[Fyron]

Make sure to direct people in all of the various subforums to the poll, as most people do not read this forum Category very often, if at all.

[vanedor]

"THE POINT is that these backward Posts are about as annoying as hamburgers going into a blendor or opening a book to find the Last page is the first."

I agree entirely. I find the way this board is set, presently, especially irritating and somewhat frustrating. I admit some people may like it, but I think a vast amount of people would prefer the normal way and I believe the code should be modified or changed.

[Ed Kolis]

Another problem is you can't link toa particular post, because by the time someone reads the link, it might be on a different page!

personally I say, why not just make it a user option?

[Fyron]

I would think that the systems administrator for Shrapnel and people that have been visiting these forums a lot for years would have a more accurate feel for what the majority might think on an issue like this.