Linear Vs Standard Mode

[BMCS00]

Does anyone else have the same issue? Standard mode is supposed to display the newest post first, and Linear mode is supposed to display the oldest mode first. Linear is better for me because I get to the page, read the initial post, and scroll through the replies in the order they were posted ... much easier to follow the thread. Tbird has looked into it and can't seem to find anything wrong, they work properly on his computer. I have 1 desktop and 3 laptop computers in my house, and several in my classroom and out and about ... all the same. I wonder if it could be because of roadrunner.com? Who knows.

It's a great site, that's why I keep coming back ...

--Jim

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[Tbird]

fron the help files

At the top of each topic, there is a 'Options' menu. Clicking this menu will expand the options menu.

From this menu, you can select from the following options:

• Track this topic - this option will allow you to receive e-mail updates for the topic, see the 'Email Notification of new messages' help file for more information on this
  
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      You can also select one of three topic display modes:

      
      
      

      Does anyone else have the same issue? Standard mode is supposed to display the newest post first, and Linear mode is supposed to display the oldest mode first. Linear is better for me because I get to the page, read the initial post, and scroll through the replies in the order they were posted ... much easier to follow the thread. Tbird has looked into it and can't seem to find anything wrong, they work properly on his computer. I have 1 desktop and 3 laptop computers in my house, and several in my classroom and out and about ... all the same. I wonder if it could be because of roadrunner.com? Who knows.

      It's a great site, that's why I keep coming back ...

      --Jim

      Life is good!

    • Outline - Original Post First - shows you one post with a list of the remaining posts at the below it, in tree format.
      

    [*]Standard - Newest First - this display mode shows the topic in the standard layout of one post above another.

    [*]Linear+ - Newest First - is similiar to standard with the added benefit of having the first post of the topic always shown at the top, no matter what page of the topic you are on.