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How do I find the post another post was replying to? In a thread which has many posts the reply and the post replied to can be separated by a large distance, often larger then the height of your screen. Finding the reply in this case is hard. Clicking the "View Thread" button doesn't seem to help. For example go here[^] and click the "View Thread" button and you can't even see the post on which you clicked the button. I would suggest the following:
The "View Thread" button should pick out a thread, which is the chain of posts ending with the post you clicked the "View Thread" button on, proceeding backwards by following the parent chain until the founding post is reached.
Steve
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Just a thought :
http://static.flickr.com/71/193877362_ef442f2822_o.jpg[^]
Beause new users would get puzzled if they find :
[a href="http://static.flickr.com/71/193877362_ef442f2822_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://static.flickr.com/71/193877362_ef442f2822_o.jpg[/a][a href="http://static.flickr.com/71/193877362_ef442f2822_o.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="New Window">^<[/a]]
instead of :
http:
<marquee scrollamount="1" scrolldelay="1" direction="up" height="10" step="1">--[![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) ]--
[My Current Status]
I dont know why the hell the script for voting 5 is disabled only for me?? 
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shouldn't this be asked in the suggestion forum ? or wondering what the crowd thinks of it first ?
me like it 
oops, i must me too addicted to CP, i thought i was in the lounge 
BTW, good idea though
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[VisualCalc 3.0 updated ][Flags Beginner's Guide new! ]
-- modified at 6:17 Thursday 20th July, 2006
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Hey I was kidding man.. ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
<marquee scrollamount="1" scrolldelay="1" direction="up" height="10" step="1">--[ ]--
[My Current Status]
I dont know why the hell the script for voting 5 is disabled only for me??
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It used to be this way. I guess it got changed because too many posts contained "naked" URLs that people couldn't just click on. They actually had to copy/paste them into the browser! How awful. 
"Money talks. When my money starts to talk, I get a bill to shut it up." - Frank
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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Yeah David, Even I wish the same. But I thought it'd be fine if there's an *option* for it keeping the existing as the default option.
But I'm telling this with a meek voice indeed. It's not something we miss badly 
<marquee scrollamount="1" scrolldelay="1" direction="up" height="10" step="1">--[ ]--
[My Current Status]
I dont know why the hell the script for voting 5 is disabled only for me??
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hi Chris,
a simple suggestion about the unanswered question in the programming boards :
it would be nice if you could display the date when the question's been asked, and then, sort them in descending order (most recent up)...
also, it would be nice looking if it was displayed in a table layout...
what do you think about it ?
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[VisualCalc 3.0 updated ][Flags Beginner's Guide new! ]
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They are sorted in descending order of posting.
Does it add anything to know a question was posted 2 mins or 2 hrs ago? Just curious since I had the timestamp originally but didn't see the point.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Does it add anything to know a question was posted 2 mins or 2 hrs ago?
nope... you get this information only if you click on the link to reach the post, but nothing indicates such a thing in the "unanswered questions" page...
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[VisualCalc 3.0 updated ][Flags Beginner's Guide new! ]
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Done
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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IMHO this site is the best in programming area. But the forum isn't good enough for the site, therefore I sugest that you changed that strange system ( kind of desorganized and uggly ) to a common php forum ( a Bulletin Board, like myBB ). I'm not saying that the forum sucks, but if it was like those bulletin boards, would be perfect.
It's only a suggestion... Please post your opnions. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
[]'s
Sorry 4 bad english!
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Thanks for the comments.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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my suggestion for the webmaster : please keep it like it is !!!
it's much more efficient when you can answer to a particuliar person, with an historical vision of the discussion rather than a flat board where everything you add if pushed at the bottom...
really Chris, you did a good job by designing these boards, useful icons for the posts, so don't break it now 
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[VisualCalc 3.0 updated ][Flags Beginner's Guide new! ]
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agreed. Flat threading breaks down after about 10-20 posts as the topic begins to drift in seperate directions.
If you want to make a real improment to usability, provide an NNTP feed. Otherwise, this site comes closer to meeting my ideal webforum than almost anything else I've seen on the net.
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OK, aggreed but in a flat forum you could also answering quoting what the others said. That also keeps the historical vision and its more pratical...
One other thing, that system of replying to a particular person causes a kind of spam, if someone post something off-topic, and people reply it, the thread divides in other ways, and people continuing posting unrelating to the subject. I've seen this happen and screw it up the thread.
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Caio Vitor wrote: That also keeps the historical vision
but very badly...
the Codeproject indentation directly tells to who you are answering to.
Caio Vitor wrote: One other thing, that system of replying to a particular person causes a kind of spam, if someone post something off-topic, and people reply it, the thread divides in other ways, and people continuing posting unrelating to the subject. I've seen this happen and screw it up the thread.
this could happen on any forum, even a BB-like one. this is more an administration problem (to delete what is not needed, rather than trying to cut the boards formats off.
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[VisualCalc 3.0 updated ][Flags Beginner's Guide new! ]
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toxcct wrote: my suggestion for the webmaster : please keep it like it is !!!
Yes keep it the way it is
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Caio Vitor wrote: Please post your opnions.
The forums here are what keeps me around. I've tried again and again to like flat BB systems, but they just don't cut it - holding a conversation with other users becomes an exercise in insanity. For instance, on many BB systems, this awesome reply would be featured much less prominently than your post - such a thing is unacceptable!
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Shog9 wrote: The forums here are what keeps me around
You mean it's not our collective good looks and charm? 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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