I will report here two items that I would like to see operate differently. One has changed in recent days, possibly with an upgrade. The other has always troubled me.

The new item : In weeks gone past, I would (from the forum page) click on the arrow button, next to the name of the person who posted the most recent contribution to a thread, and a new window would open with the thread indexed to the most recent post. I really liked that feature. Now the thread opens in the same window, so I have to reopen the forum in another page and find my place again. I would like to see the original function restored to that button.

The other item is the remark in my post which says "in reply to". When I just want to reply to the original contributor, I have to return to the top of the page and reply to him. There is a button at the bottom of the thread which has the same look as the reply button at the top of the thread, but it functions differently : It posts a note in my contribution that says I am replying to the author of the last post. I would like to see that last button operate differently, to say I am responding to the original post.

Just my two cents worth,
Dave Olson

Dave,

We don't put a default reply to because it cannot be assumed what post somebody is replying to in any thread. I think it is generally assumed that everyone is posting in response to the original post and sometimes more specifically to other posts when a user uses the quote feature.

Marc,
At the bottom right side of the box of your post, there is, in parentheses, (in reply to Scar).

If you do not see this, try on a user's computer.

I object to this appearing in my posts, unless I use the "reply to" button on a specific post. This comment in parenthesis always appears. I think that by definition is a "default". My actual suggestion was to make the last button, the one at the bottom of the thread, outside of the posts, function as a nonspecific reply, or as a reply to the original post. However, it creates in my contribution a comment in parentheses, as above, except with the name of the last contributor. In order to defeat this feature, I have to scroll up to the original post, and use the "reply" button in that post window. Then the message in parentheses will have the name of the original contributor.

If you do not understand, or if you cannot see the comment in parentheses in every post, check on someone else's computer. But you are mistaken, there is a built-in default, and I have tried my best to describe it.

Best wishes,
Dave Olson

I am not recieving the e-mail notification when someone posts/replies to a post I have either subscribed to or contributed to. This is my fav feature since I check my e-mail for these regularly thru the day.