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AliNZ
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: Grumble about the message boards |
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Dave - isn't it about time we had the latest message appearing at the opening page. i.e. last first seen.
It's boring wading through years of out dated information. |
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Porksta
Joined: 05 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you referring to the stickies? |
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AliNZ
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: er... |
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| what are stickies?? |
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Porksta
Joined: 05 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| The first ten or so topics on the message board that have been around since like 2004. They are called stickies because they stay where they are and do not get bumped off the front page. |
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AliNZ
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| No - I am referrring to the messageboards |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Umm�what do you mean? The threads are in reverse chronological order. So the most recent are on the first page and work back from there. Not sure what you�re wading through. |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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I think the original poster is referring to actual posts in a thread. For example, you are reading this post because you scrolled down. They are suggesting it go to the top.
The problem here is that you can't follow a conversation in order. It's not like Twitter where you only need to see the latest tweets. |
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AliNZ
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Silly me - I've only just found the option to change the order of the posts at the bottom of the message.
I wish I'd found that years ago! or is it new? |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:57 am Post subject: |
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It doesn't seem to be permanent. I selected "All Posts" but when I go back to the list of threads and then return here, it reverts back to chronological order.
I think it's funny that they put this at the bottom of the thread and not at the top  You have to scroll just to change it if you do want it the other way. Might as well leave it the way it is and then be able to see the the posts in some logical progression.
If these were news alerts, then I would want the new "feeds" (as they call them) to go up to the top, and this would be RSS not forum posts. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| koreatimes wrote: |
I think the original poster is referring to actual posts in a thread. For example, you are reading this post because you scrolled down. They are suggesting it go to the top.
The problem here is that you can't follow a conversation in order. It's not like Twitter where you only need to see the latest tweets. |
I see. And yeah, I agree with you (koreatimes). It�s usually hard to have a frame of reference for the newest post without reading the first post, unless the thread title really says it all.
For threads like �New E-2 Guidelines� (74 pages, and started in 2004, I think), obviously go straight to the most recent pages.
But most threads aren�t like that one, so I don�t see any reason to change anything. |
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