Is there any way that we could reply to the individual posts, instead of just anding to the list? I was looking for a way to thread the posts, but i couldn’t find one.. Have you ever considered this?
Thanks!
James Hughes
If you mean a threaded newsgroup-style format, yes, I’ve thought of it, and it’s coming in a forum update next month. However, I don’t see the need for it. If you want to reply to a specific post, you can quote it in your reply.
Personally, I prefer this flat style to a newsgroup style bbs. It makes conversations easier to follow. However, a good compromise (not really a compromise, though) is to use the Yahoo! style - each post will have a “reply to this” button, say, and each post will have a note at the bottom saying “in reply to post #XX”; the default view will still be flat, in chronological order of posts, but the user has the option of viewing the forum as a tree of subject-line links. (That of course would necessitate adding a subject line.)
"Personally, I prefer this flat style to a newsgroup style bbs. It makes conversations easier to follow. However, a good compromise (not really a compromise, though) is to use the Yahoo! style - each post will have a “reply to this” button, say, and each post will have a note at the bottom saying “in reply to post #XX”; the default view will still be flat, in chronological order of posts, but the user has the option of viewing the forum as a tree of subject-line links. (That of course would necessitate adding a subject line.) "
Yeah, something like that was what I had in mind.