A real Forum for D

[Abrahm]

"Kagamin" <spam at here.lot> wrote in message 
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> In forum you already have all messages before your eyes.

Scroll, scroll, scroll! It's like writing a letter to someone on a remote 
10 mile stretch of highway instead of on stationary put in an envelop 
delivered to your door.
>
>> > 2. I thought that that was pretty standard for forums?  Highlighting
>> > for threads you've seen and threads you haven't... not for 
>> > individual
>> > messages, but the last number (25 or so) messages you've seen.
>>
>> Again, the forum software writers just don't get it. It has to be per 
>> message.
>> Why? So in a larger thread, you can instantly see what is read and 
>> what isn't.
>> This is NOT equivalent to a chronological sort. I do not read threads 
>> linearly.
>
> In Soviet Russia... errm... I mean with linear chronological view you 
> do. Think of it as a novel: it has a linear structure, a bunch of plot 
> threads and they intertwine in chronological order. And it's usually 
> not a problem to track them simultaneously.
>
> Chronological order also helps to understand people. This way posts 
> tend to be grouped by author (remember you've posted 4 messages in a 
> row to this topic). This way one can better understand you as your 
> thoughts are concentrated in one place rather than scattered all over 
> sub-threads: will all information at hands it's easier to figure out 
> your viewpoint in all details.

My newsreader lets me view in threaded view (which I pretty much always 
use) but also sort by other columns (I KNOW this is not news to you): 
"from", "date", etc. And it does that ultra fast, no page loads and such 
to waste my precious time. You may be young and surely are going to live 
forever so it's maybe not a big deal to you, I, OTOH...