Can't you just set your # of posts per page to 50 and hit the thread? Or am I being silly?
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Sophia Brooks - Jan 10, 2003 2:05:17 pm PST #2751 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:08:58 pm PST #2752 of 10001
Can't you just set your # of posts per page to 50 and hit the thread?
Er, not as you've written it there. Did you mean, set it to fifty, hit the thread, then hit "Last" or "Return"?
I'm not sure what those commands do.
But anyway, my way doesn't involve waiting for any pages to load, or cleaning up afterward. It's also useful if you want to skip and skim in lots of 100 posts or whatever.
You can say "2,000 posts of Natter! Let's dip into it 500 posts in. Skip ahead a thousand. Skip back a hundred" or whatever.
Jon B. - Jan 10, 2003 2:28:36 pm PST #2753 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I maybe-it-could-be-written-more-clearly version of that is on the "Board how-to" page, under "How to Navigate".
John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:35:28 pm PST #2754 of 10001
So it is. And yes, is probably could be written a little more clearly. It's technically incorrect as well, because it says if your URL ends in 123, you're viewing post 123 at the moment, when strictly you're viewing the page that begins with post 123. Minor point though.
How about I do another rewrite on the How-To section, and the FAQ links to it: "for how to leap around threads, moving 1000 posts in a single bound, or skipping to the point exactly 50 from the end, see the How-To page" or similar?
John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:35:40 pm PST #2755 of 10001
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 10, 2003 2:44:50 pm PST #2756 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
I have nothing productive to add to this discussion. I will say, however, that I love you, John, but it's incredibly disturbing when you say "dudes".
John H - Jan 10, 2003 2:50:55 pm PST #2757 of 10001
Secret message to Miss Lizard. Get on AIM now, or I will say not only "dude" but "dudette"!
Jon B. - Jan 10, 2003 2:52:36 pm PST #2758 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How about I do another rewrite on the How-To section, and the FAQ links to it:
Go for it dude.
Shell - Jan 10, 2003 3:24:54 pm PST #2759 of 10001
Dudes! Give her a break.
billytea - Jan 10, 2003 3:27:40 pm PST #2760 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I have nothing productive to add to this discussion. I will say, however, that I love you, John, but it's incredibly disturbing when you say "dudes".
Re disturbing dudes: apparently there are plans for a sequel to Dude, Where's My Car?, to be titled Seriously, Dude, Where's My Car?