Multipage threads + alt tags

[JackC 0]

I've noticed a couple of features in other forums that are quite useful.

One is links in the main page for each forum that takes you to individual pages in each thread so for example a thread title might look like:

Results of USPA meeting re: pattern separation 1 2 ... last

where the numbers take you to the 1st, 2nd (etc) and last page in a thread.

This is quite useful when you want to go to the n-th page in a thread without getting sent to the first unread post.

Second, I've noticed some forums have alt tags that pop up when you position your mouse pointer over the thread title link which contain the first 80 odd characters of the posts contents. It's sometimes nice to get an idea what's going on in the thread before you click the link.

Just a thought.

[BIGUN 1,445]

Jack,

I'm having a little trouble visualizing your suggestion.
Is what you're suggesting different than the button on the top right corner of any thread that allows you to view in the flat or threaded mode or the numerous viewing choices you can make in Edit Profile\Display Settings?

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[JackC 0]

Sort of. On the main page for each forum there are lists of thread titles. In flat mode, some of these threads have more than one page of posts. All I was suggesting was a link to each page in a thread on the main forum page next to the thread titles. When you get into the thread itself there is a row of links to each page in the thread at the top of that page. I don't log in most of the time so when I click on a 47 page thread with three new pages of posts at the end, instead of just clicking on a link next to the thread title to take me to the page I want, at the moment I have to go to the first page in the thread and then navigate from there. Lots of forums put these links in and I wondered if DZ.com could too. I thought it might cut down on Sangiro's bandwidth.