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James Bunting Joined: 17 September 2003 Posts: 1308

07 June 2005 01:28 (UK time) At the moment all posts in a thread are sorted by date ascending. Please debate here whether there is a need to add a "cookie" option to show them descending (newest at the top). James. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

mike323 Joined: 23 January 2005 Posts: 745

08 June 2005 03:34 (UK time) I vote no, not nessesary because every forum I've visited runs their posts newest first. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

James Bunting Joined: 17 September 2003 Posts: 1308

08 June 2005 11:06 (UK time) So you mean yes then? At the moment they are newest last. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

Assain Joined: 02 November 2003 Posts: 979

08 June 2005 20:40 (UK time) I think he means, the current system is fine You need to login to create posts in this thread.

mike323 Joined: 23 January 2005 Posts: 745

08 June 2005 23:47 (UK time) Yeah lol, confused myself. It was late at night... I just mean its fine how it is, because thats how any other forum I've seen works and ppl are used to it. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

James Bunting Joined: 17 September 2003 Posts: 1308

09 June 2005 11:16 (UK time) Yes. I understand that even though adding support to go both ways could be benificial it could also cause great confusion and some wierd posts (you could reply to a post that is years old). I will leave it alone for now. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

mike323 Joined: 23 January 2005 Posts: 745

09 June 2005 18:02 (UK time) When you edit your post, I think the date should bold, because now it doesn't. This leads to many posts in a row (which I had to do to get people to notice my update. If double and triple posting is okay, then ignore this post. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

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