New web interface to forums

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Frits van Bommel Wrote:

> Walter Bright wrote:
> > Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> >> First impression: much better than the old one, some what slick.
> >>
> >> I Just noticed that some threads are scrambled .. or broken into 
> >> multiple threads.
> > 
> > Yeah, I noticed that too.
> 
> I think I know why this happens.
> The newsgroup overview shows only the N most recent posts (25 by 
> default) and seems to first get those posts and _then_ sort them by 
> thread. This results in subthreads whose common 'ancestor' post is not 
> in the N most recent posts getting split up.
> This may look a bit weird, but I think it makes sense: who wants to get 
> a 500 post thread back because a single post was added?

I think you're right about this.

 
> Also, note that the thread overview in below the text of a post seems > to show the entire thread.

That's great!