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Las Vegas

11-27-2006 09:53:48




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Well, forgive me if my question sounds awfully dumb, but everytime I look at a topic, all the replies read (at least to me) out of order.

Again, It might be dumb, but which way do I read the replies in order? For example, the original poster might say something about a loader. Then if I look down to the next reply, the same guy said "thank you for all your help"??

i"m confused.




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Bill from MA

11-27-2006 14:56:13




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
If you don"t do expand, then click and read them "bottom up".
In a complex one you can follow indented strings bottom up too.
If you expand them (which I have been doing lately as it is less clicking) I know it"s bottom up and your out of luck on the complex replies.



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Pitalplace

11-27-2006 14:04:21




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
Kinda funny. When Kim wanted to update the software to be like most other forums most everyone balked saying newer was not better. This forum is the only one I read with this backward format but it appears that is what the majority wanted so we live with it. Most of the newer forums you can post pictures directly from your computer and not have to go through an internet hosting, you can easily keep track of posts that you have read and understand the order of the replies. Oh well

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mjbrown

11-27-2006 13:25:47




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
It's just like the stuff on your (my) desk. The farther down the pile you go (under the original post) the farther back in time you go. UNLESS someone wants to reply to a specific reply then that pile starts under THAT reply.



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Aaron Ford

11-27-2006 11:49:47




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
Amen, it is confusing. It is easier to follow in the other format. I bounce around and eventually lose interest.

I would also like to see the last responded to post placed at the top like others. That way a popular post will remain at the forefront while lesser topics are allowed to slip down.

Just my $0.01 I ain't worth 2.

Aaron



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paul

11-27-2006 17:37:56




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Aaron Ford, 11-27-2006 11:49:47  
Those forums with the 'bump up' style that puts active messages at the top of the list of messages tend to bring the ugly, off-topic messages to the forfront, and push worthwhile, important messages to the back of the line. I find those message boards to get real boring real fast - just a coffee clutch of gabby folks talking about nothing, always bringing the 'nothing' up to the top.

I find it impossible to find an old message, as there is no chronilogical order to things.

Just my view of things.

--->Paul

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RustyFarmall

11-27-2006 12:38:30




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Aaron Ford, 11-27-2006 11:49:47  
Automatically bouncing the most popular subject to the top is NOT a good idea. Just suppose that you posted a question that you seriously needed an answer for, but the folks that could give you that answer were not logged in at just that moment. Now suppose that at the same time that you posted, someone else posted with a comment that really was not important, but still recieved a lot of response because it was fun. Now, guess where your question went? Right to the bottom of the pile, never to be seen again.

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RoninKS

11-27-2006 13:30:43




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to RustyFarmall, 11-27-2006 12:38:30  
On all the other websites I visit, "bumping" is commonly used to bring a topic back to the "top" of the page, where it can be viewed again by those who may have been off-line when a particular topic was first posted.

YT is the only website I've seen of it's kind with it's current format, and I also get confused here trying to keep track of the "time" replies are posted.

Due to the way this site is set up, and the activity it gets,.... I'm sure I've missed many valuable (belated) replies to past topics, because I simply don't have a lot of time to spend on my computer hunting through past pages.

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Jim Johnson

11-27-2006 11:24:20




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
Look to the time on the left that will tell you who posted first.



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RoninKS

11-27-2006 14:18:00




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Jim Johnson, 11-27-2006 11:24:20  
True,.... but if a topic has 15-20 replies, trying to figure out the "order of replies" gives me a huge headache.

Maybe I should hire a secretary to do it for me. :>)



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neblinc

11-27-2006 10:06:56




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to Las Vegas, 11-27-2006 09:53:48  
You can count me in as one that has a hard time seeing the order of the post. I think they start at the bottom, but then you have replies to replies which changes the sequence.

Randy



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RustyFarmall

11-27-2006 10:55:44




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to neblinc, 11-27-2006 10:06:56  
This style of forum may be a bit confusing to some, but to me it makes a lot more sense than the forums where each reply goes to the bottom, and if you want to reply directly to another reply, you have to insert a quote, or insert a quote into the quote that you inserted into your reply. I know this is confusing also, but if you visit the red Power Magazine forums, you will see what I mean. The whole thing just gets all cluttered up real fast.

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B-maniac

11-27-2006 18:41:55




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 Re: Forum post reading? in reply to RustyFarmall, 11-27-2006 10:55:44  
I'm old and blind and this is still the best in my opinion. I really don't see what all the fuss is about.People are just plain spoiled!



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