change the topics back to branching threads

[TCO]

Please, DarkosQ. This new fangled stuff is hard to track. Much too chat room. Maybe make the serious forums branching thread?

[phoenixcager]

I don't think a lot of people will be for the idea. My guess is that most like the fact that all the posts appear on the same page. The tree-structure type boards tend to have a lot of posts/posters which are ignored.

[Ming]

I just hate that style of forum. It takes too long to go through all the responses. I like this format much better!

[Builder]

<font size=big>NO!</font>

[Stefu]

If Apolyton would change to that format, I'd leave. And I bet I wouldn't be the only one. Far from it.

[Snapcase on Snapcase]

That format is outdated, absurd, hard to read, work-heavy, and extremely unsuited for large forums. I'm with Stefu on this one.

[Iain Lindley]

I'd like to associate myself with Snapcase's comments. I don't think I particularly need to add anything.

[Legman]

Changing to branching threads would be a disaster. Would ruin the forums. And I believe Dan and Markos have previously said no to this.

[Mao]

They work this hard on the UBB and you want them to change now???

[TCO]

Wow! Doesn't anybody agree with me?

1. Well the nice thing about the branching threads is that there is less repetition of content.
2. Also, you can look at the tree and see specificaly which posts you have not read.
3. Instead of having to load a whole thread, you load a post.
4. Forums like this tend to hav more thoughtful posts and less spam.

[Builder]

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by GP on 11-24-2000 03:27 PM</font>
Wow! Doesn't anybody agree with me?
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No.

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>1. Well the nice thing about the branching threads is that there is less repetition of content.
2. Also, you can look at the tree and see specificaly which posts you have not read.
3. Instead of having to load a whole thread, you load a post.
4. Forums like this tend to hav more thoughtful posts and less spam.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

Blah, Blah, Blah...
It will be more difficult to read and post.
Now we see the whole thread and to read some previous mesage all we need is to go up.

<font size=big>NO!</font>

[DanQ]

Nope, sorry, not at this time.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Makeo]

Terrible idea gp. Those thread formats are terrible. I can't visit forums with that format its just too annoying and not user friendly.

[Narck]

Don't like them either.

[TCO]

Wow. Ummm. sheesh.