In a message dated 12/8/2006 4:14:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, mlsopp@earthlink.net writes: <<(1) When I go to a Board, the subjects are curtailed. . .so you can't read all the words in the subject. Without clicking on the post, how cannot see the full subject? Or does this depend upon one's browser?>> ----- If you hover your cursor over the subject you can view it in its entirety. <<(2) How do I sort (oldest/newest) in threaded view? I can only find that setting for the flat view. On the Boards I checked, in the threaded view the dates are a hodgepodge. . .and this seems to be exacerbated when the subject of the thread is altered. By that I mean the wording of the subject changed within the thread. . . perhaps to better reflect the way the thread was drifting. . .ok, they probably should have started a new thread, but they apparently didn't, and it's too late now. Or again, could this be a browser thing?>> ---- Right--you can only do that in FLAT view -- but you don't really need to be able to do it in threaded view. The dates are not a hodge podge in threaded view--they are in order of the post and all the attached replies by date--but there is a bug where some are not showing the right date of the last post and you might be seeing that bug. <<(3) The following is difficult to describe. Feel free to query me if what I'm writing is not clear. When I go to a Board, the "newest" post in a thread appears to be visible. Well, not really. I've discovered that if someone has changed the wording of the subject within a thread it totally screws everything up. Thus, there may be a "newer" (more recent, more current) post in the thread but if the subject wording changed from the original, then it's hidden (buried) within the original thread.>> --- Can you show us an example? That might help to explain it. <<Thus, if perhaps you had read through a thread a month or two ago and then you visit the Board again. .. since the date of the "newest" post in the thread hasn't changed, you would assume that no one had posted a follow-up. It's not going to occur to folks to go back and (a) expand the thread again and search for a possible "hidden update" or (b) change to the flat view and click on "newest to oldest." In general, apparently new posts within an old thread will be missed.>> ---- There shouldn't be a hidden date---the thread will pop up to the top of the list if a new post is added to that thread and the date of last post should also be updated (but as noted, there is a bug with this display). <<In one example, if you visit the Board, it appears that the newest post in a thread was made in Oct 2001.>> --- That's the bug I'm talking about -- and they are aware of it and working to fix it. <<(4) Occasionally when I read someone's post to a Board, I might decide to send them an e-mail. It was always easy to click on their name, view their e-mail address, and send them a quick e-mail. With the Board changes, it appears that if the poster does not have a "profile" I can see their e-mail address, but if they have a "profile," then I can't figure a way to see their e-mail address. How do I do that?>> Some posters choose to remain anonymous and can only be contacted by the connection service. But probably the easiest thing to do is just post a reply on the board and they will probably be notified of your reply. Joan