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first post instead of last by Baggins on 11-14-2006 at 10:59 PM
when veiwing the list of posts where the last post thing is, when u click on the >> it should take you to the last post but click on the name of the thread and it would take you to the first post in it. i am saying this because sometimes in a 6+ page thread i want to look at the first post so i knew what they were talking about without having to click <<first (sometimes i forgetit is there) and also maybe move the >> up beside the thread name
RE: first post instead of last by WDZ on 11-15-2006 at 05:01 AM
Well, the » is pretty small, and not as easy to click. In MyBB 1.2, it has been removed completely. 
RE: first post instead of last by markee on 11-15-2006 at 05:04 AM
quote:Are you going to be able to add this back when the board gets updated because I find this extremely useful. I see what Baggins is getting at but personally I far prefer it and would hate not to have it, the choice of picking which end of the thread you want is great.
Originally posted by WDZ
Well, the » is pretty small, and not as easy to click. In MyBB 1.2, it has been removed completely.
RE: first post instead of last by WDZ on 11-15-2006 at 05:16 AM
You don't have a choice now, so nothing is going to be lost...
In MyBB 1.2, there's only one link to the last post, instead of two.
RE: first post instead of last by John Anderton on 11-15-2006 at 06:13 AM
Imo its fine the way it is. As WDZ said, the » is quite small but on the other had i really like it on latest.php since clicking in brings up the last post while clicking the thread name brings up the first.
Using » looks 100x better than having some crappy icon for it (as most other boards do)
RE: first post instead of last by WDZ on 11-15-2006 at 05:53 PM
Hmm... well, on forumdisplay and search results, MyBB 1.2 does it like this...
quote:But that's kinda redundant because the column header says "Last Post."
Today 08:15 AM
Last Post: CookieRevised
So I'll probably just keep the arrow on latest.php.
RE: first post instead of last by CookieRevised on 11-16-2006 at 01:21 AM
quote:I don't quite get that....
Originally posted by Baggins
when veiwing the list of posts where the last post thing is, when u click on the >> it should take you to the last post but click on the name of the thread and it would take you to the first post in it. i am saying this because sometimes in a 6+ page thread i want to look at the first post so i knew what they were talking about without having to click <<first (sometimes i forgetit is there) and also maybe move the >> up beside the thread name
What I see makes perfect sense:
« First « 6 7 [8] 9 10 » Last »
Removing any of these will reduce the amount of navigation possebilities. This might no seem important for the occasional poster, but believe me that I use all of them extremely regulary. Thus I often use "first" page, a selective page, 1 page up or down, and especially "last" page...
I even want to suggest to add that very same line at the bottom of a thread view also and on every other page's bottom where it also is at the top...
When you click on a thread's name it should bring you to the first post of that thread. Imagine when this is changed to the last post. Then threads will get even more
quote:Well, tbh that's why this link exists. It would be the same as asking a method to update your post without clicking on the update button :/
i want to look at the first post so i knew what they were talking about without having to click <<first
RE: first post instead of last by Eljay on 11-16-2006 at 08:40 AM
You're looking at completely the wrong thing Cookie. He means the "Last Post" section of the thread list pages, eg:
Thread name
11-16-2006 08:34 AM (username) >>
The thread name link and the >> link both go to the last post of the thread, so he is requesting that the thread name links to the first post of the thread.
RE: first post instead of last by Aeryn on 11-16-2006 at 02:53 PM
Oh, you're talking about the index page of the forums. I had trouble figuring out what exactly the original poster meant, too, since I always use the Latest Posts page where there is no such issue. And imo, it does make sense the way it is - the whole point of this last post thing is getting quickly to the last post straight from the main page. If the poster wants to read the whole thread it's logical that they either go into the forum or just click on the link to the first page inside the thread.
RE: first post instead of last by CookieRevised on 11-16-2006 at 07:44 PM
quote:ah, ok, agreed...
Originally posted by Eljay
You're looking at completely the wrong thing Cookie.
Thread name
11-16-2006 08:34 AM (username) >>
The thread name link and the >> link both go to the last post of the thread, so he is requesting that the thread name links to the first post of the thread.