Trading The Tree For The Forest

[JimLucas]

Well, I champion Paul's right to do it the way he wants. Still...

 

This morning I logged in, and I saw several topics. I recognized a couple of new ones, so I glanced at them. But on the old ones, all I saw were numbers and the names of the "latest" posters. I couldn't remember the counts from last night, nor who was the last posterthen , so how was I to know whether there was anything new.

 

Now that I'm writing this I realize that the "last post" must also have a time and date, so that would at least tell me if there was *something* new. But there's only that *last*, instead of seeing all of them, and the structure of who responded to whom.

 

Aside from the tree structure, we're missing at least one summary level. In the new Forum we can see the list of Topics, and we can see all (or one page worth) of the posts in a given Topic, but we can't see a summary (poster's name and timestamp; we've lost the individual subject lines) of the individual posts in a Topic, with the *option* of expanding individual posts. I.e.,

 

"Scrolling, scrolling, over the flood of text;

By the time I find the post I want, I really am quite vexed.

..."

[Lester Bailey]

Jim

 

YOu can tell if there are new posts in a Forum by observing the envelope icon on the left hand side of the window. To go to the first post unread by your good self use the little down arrow thingy.

 

Instructions

 

Hope this helps

[duckln]

Lester

I saw your nice picture w/concertina and other information you

have entered.

I have been trying for 2 days to change my screen name. I can't

find or access my 'account' to make a change or enter a profile.

Seems most members also rushed through the sign up as evidenced

by the scant amount of profile information.

Joe

[Richard Morse]

Instructions

Hope this helps

This link is incredibly helpful yet incredibly hard to find. It should be included in the "help" information (I can't seem to find it there), though preferably as another link at the top of each page (right by the "help" link). Maybe call it icons?