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New system of viewing new posts first.

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sunyun

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Kate asked us to let her know what we think about the new system of viewing posts.

I am finding the new system of viewing new posts first a little confusing as they also appear to change the order of replies and quotes, so the conversation appears to jump around a bit.

Being an old fashioned codger, I preferred the old system where I could start at the beginning of a thread and follow the 'story' through to the latest post.

Or I could just click on the last page and jump past all the posts from the past and start with the most recent posts on the last page or two.

Interested to hear what other forum users think.

Cheers.
 
same, prefer old system. this new system is trippy as hell. is it possible to choose in options or its set by default for all?
 
Harry161 said:
Not user friendly. Scrolling up through a thread to read all the comments, then need to scroll all the way down if I want to post, which will then appear at the top. So need to scroll all the way back up again.
Revert it back to how it was please.
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Harry all you have to do is hit the reply button and you go to the bottom.
We are checking if there are any add on to make it easier.
I was like you guys first day using it found it difficult yesterday & today I have to say I prefer it. I ask you to give it a cuple of goes we will make decision after next Monday & test this way over the weekend.
 
Drinkwater said:
The change is horrible. Much prefer to click on the thread and read from where I was up to, not have have to search for the last post I saw. If I wanted to go to straight to the last post like in roster threads I'd click on the time which sent you to the last post.
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that is exactly what you get the 2nd time you visit babe
 
Mrs Langtrees said:
Harry all you have to do is hit the reply button and you go to the bottom.
We are checking if there are any add on to make it easier.
I was like you guys first day using it found it difficult yesterday & today I have to say I prefer it. I ask you to give it a cuple of goes we will make decision after next Monday & test this way over the weekend.
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I don’t always want to reply.

So for me. It’s open the updated thread. Scroll down to where I think the new commentsstart. Then back down if I want to add a comment

The change will result in me visiting the forums less.
 
Drinkwater said:
Not sure that's right. Just tried it and both times it takes me to the latest post.

Then after I post a comment the order is all over the place. Just so messy
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you might be right it takes me to my last post yours was above and I can see another 3-4 above that so must take you back to where you were if you joined in.
 
If you want the new system to work. set with each post page after a click at the bottom of the page. It's very annoying how we have to scroll down each time to see whats new, then scroll up again to read the rest of the newest post.

Think of it like reading a book, you already know the words of the ending, so why flip through to the middle and read back to the end.
 
When I click on a new thread, I have to go all the way to the bottom of the thread to see how it all started, then try to follow the newer posts backwards to the top (latest post) and along the way, it keeps jumping back or forward to new or older posts with replies.

In the old system, the opening post set the scene for the thread, Thereafter, if I wanted to skip down to the last two pages, all I had to do was click on them at the top or bottom of the page. Now whenever I look at a thread for the first time, I always need to scroll down to the very bottom (first establishing post) to see what it was all about, then scroll back to the most recent post, but on the way there are lots of random replies suddenly appearing !

I shudder to think about clicking on a unseen thread which is several pages long !

But I will give it a couple of days - if you don't hear from me in two days time, send the men in white coats with the straight jackets ! They will find a quivering mess on the floor below his computer desk !
 
I think there's nothing wrong with reading new posts first, what needs to happen is a restructure around that. The whole site was developed around reading oldest posts first. Because of that, your forum navigation was designed as such.

You have "jump to newest" link still at the top, which should be adjusted to "...oldest" so people can navigate to the oldest post. There's probably a few others, like having the OP flagged at the top of the forum so everyone know what the discussion is about. Maybe having a format choice for users to have "oldest first" or "newest first (default)" filter easily available

Reading oldest first and newest first each have their pros and cons.
Oldest allows users to gather intel on the discussion as it flows and respond as necessary. Oldest works best for "help me" discussions because it prevents necro and repeating responses.
Newest allows for a more responsive forum thread for "chats" topics. You can quickly jump in to the discussion and reply to the most recent post of comments.

I think for a forum like this, newest first works best. Works well for daily updates, responding to what is recent rather than outdated and reduces necro. Just takes getting used to.
 
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