quirky 'show newest post first' behavior
daniel
Posts: 231
Pick any multipage thread, the more pages the·merrier.
Do the following on the 'page links' at the upper right corner of the window.
Click "1".· It defaults to oldest first.
Click "Show Newest Post First".· It shows page 1 with the newest messages of the thread.
Now click any other page number.· It shows some messages, but has reverted to "Oldest First", and seemingly the threads that would have been on that page when sorted in the "Oldest First" order.
Missed expectation:· that the "Show Newest" / "Show Oldest" would be sticky session settings.
Now that I see what is happening, its OK, but leaves the scrolling, from the bottom up,·the "Printable" view of the thread the only way I know of to read the thread in reverse order (that is, from the newest to the oldest).
I suppose the solution is to not want to do that.
Incidently, I want to say again thanks for the e-mail delivery of the fora messages.
Daniel
Do the following on the 'page links' at the upper right corner of the window.
Click "1".· It defaults to oldest first.
Click "Show Newest Post First".· It shows page 1 with the newest messages of the thread.
Now click any other page number.· It shows some messages, but has reverted to "Oldest First", and seemingly the threads that would have been on that page when sorted in the "Oldest First" order.
Missed expectation:· that the "Show Newest" / "Show Oldest" would be sticky session settings.
Now that I see what is happening, its OK, but leaves the scrolling, from the bottom up,·the "Printable" view of the thread the only way I know of to read the thread in reverse order (that is, from the newest to the oldest).
I suppose the solution is to not want to do that.
Incidently, I want to say again thanks for the e-mail delivery of the fora messages.
Daniel