Can I make this forum sort the "normal" way?

[Gandalf Parker]

Shrapnel didnt write the software we are in. Its Ultimate BBS Classic 6.6.1 written in Perl. I dont know what it does and doesnt support but if anyone feels like finding that out then http://www.ubbcentral.com/ is the site to visit.

[Sindai]

Originally posted by PvK:
Saying something like "every other forum" (or even "99%") sorts the other way is an exaggeration.

No it's not. Every other forum I have ever seen in the past six or seven years has been downward-sorting. I have never, ever seen another forum, of dozens and dozens, that sorted down-up instead of up-down. Why Shrapnel keeps things this way simply surpasses comprehension.

Has anyone else ever seen another forum that does this?

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Sindai:
Why Shrapnel keeps things this way simply surpasses comprehension.

I imagine they keep it this way because it's considerably easier to read. You aren't required to guess which page has the most recent Posts on it. It's still quite inferior to usenet, but it's better than most other forums.

[Unwise]

You can put me in the "Don't like it" column too, as if anyone cares.

It offends me not because it is difficult to read (it is), but because it's inefficient. At a minimum, it doubles the amount of work you have to do to read a thread: scroll down to a post, scroll through it, scroll back up through what you just scrolled through to the next post, rinse and repeat. Bah.

I'm confused as to Graeme's "guess which page has the most recent Posts" comment. If a thread has six pages, the most recent are either on page one or page six, depending on whether the forum is forward or backward reading. Where would the mystery be in either case?

[Xom]

You aren't required to guess which page has the most recent Posts on it.

The LAST one. Not that hard. :/

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Xom:

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You aren't required to guess which page has the most recent Posts on it.

The LAST one. Not that hard. :/

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But it doesn't necessarily have the Last message you read on it, so there's just as much guessing here. You can also always just read the Messages in backwards order.

[japinard]

Readin the thread in backwards order is stupid. Many people refer to previous threads, so you have to scroll down in order to start reading. Dumb...

[Rollo]

I am also not fond of these upside down threads. People have told me repeatedly that I'd get used to it. But they all lied...

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
But it doesn't necessarily have the Last message you read on it, so there's just as much guessing here. You can also always just read the Messages in backwards order.

That's why good forum software has a little button that takes you to the Last unread post.

[olaf73]

The forum sorting is retarded and contributes to the games already steep learning curve.

Its back asswards and to say otherwise is just being sycophantic.

Why in the hell hasnt it been fixed?

NO other forum I have ever read is like this. None. Zero.

olaf

Originally posted by olaf73:

Why in the hell hasnt it been fixed?

olaf

Maybe they don't consider it broken so it has no intention of being fixed.

Making statements like that though is less likely to initiate change.

Edit: And for me personally it makes answering your constant questions easier for me going Last post to first, so I know if it's been answered by someone already so I don't have to.

[ February 01, 2004, 08:57: Message edited by: Zen ]