mi wrote:Utchin wrote:na it hast to be done by code... thought it could be a little mod to have a button on each topic or even profile to sort the topics by last post or first post
I agree: Should be in profile/display, so each user can choose how to have the posts sorted. Is this coming to PunBB, or is it only a cumbersome mod?
Being able to read posts, inside a topic, at the very least, in reverse chronological posting order is critical to a high-volume forum. Paging to the end of dozens of pages of posts is irritating to experienced users.
Has this been fixed since January?
On a busy forum, there may be several users posting back-and-forth on a topic. Those users want to see the new posts appear on a screen refresh, or immediately after they post a reply. Some posts take longer to compose, and several posts may occur during the time a user is composing a reply.
In a low-usage forum, viewing "new posts" is usually sufficient. But, who wants to have a low-usage discussion board?