Betty Bolerjack
13th October 2005, 11:03 AM (11:03)
OK, there are soooo many ways to maneuver in this software that you just have to play with it and figure out what you like best. Personally, I like being able to look at the list and see what threads have new posts that I haven't yet read, although it is kind of nice to turn on the threaded view from time to time. When I go to the thread with the new post (designated by an open envelope), at the top of the page is a link that says "First Unread" or something like that. I click on that and it immediately takes me to the first new post in the thread that I have not read. Of course, you must have cookies enabled to do that. It is especially quick when there are several pages to the thread.
Another way to get to the most recent post (thought there may be others which you personally have not read prior to that one) is to click on the link to the post on the right hand side of the main list. I don't like that as well, but if you have just read a thread and go back to the main forum and see that someone else has just posted, it is a quick way to get back to their post to see what they had to say.
Now, for a quick way to return to the main forum which some were having a problem with. I didn't much care for having to scroll back up to the top of the page to click on the link to go back to the list of threads on the forum I had been viewing, especially when I was all the way down at the bottom of the page. I was thinking that I wished there were links at the bottom of the page like the ones at the top. Well, there are! They just look different because they are in a drop down menu. However, it appears (haven't thoroughly checked it out yet) that the forum you are currently viewing is the default selection. All you have to do from the bottom of the page is click "Go" and it takes you right back to the list of threads for that forum. Easy! ;)
Betty
Another way to get to the most recent post (thought there may be others which you personally have not read prior to that one) is to click on the link to the post on the right hand side of the main list. I don't like that as well, but if you have just read a thread and go back to the main forum and see that someone else has just posted, it is a quick way to get back to their post to see what they had to say.
Now, for a quick way to return to the main forum which some were having a problem with. I didn't much care for having to scroll back up to the top of the page to click on the link to go back to the list of threads on the forum I had been viewing, especially when I was all the way down at the bottom of the page. I was thinking that I wished there were links at the bottom of the page like the ones at the top. Well, there are! They just look different because they are in a drop down menu. However, it appears (haven't thoroughly checked it out yet) that the forum you are currently viewing is the default selection. All you have to do from the bottom of the page is click "Go" and it takes you right back to the list of threads for that forum. Easy! ;)
Betty