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.

I maybe-it-could-be-written-more-clearly version of that is on the "Board how-to" page, under "How to Navigate".

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?

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".

Secret message to Miss Lizard. Get on AIM now, or I will say not only "dude" but "dudette"!

How about I do another rewrite on the How-To section, and the FAQ links to it:

Go for it dude.

Dudes! Give her a break.

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?

I've always imagined numerous sequels to I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer ending up with I Really, Honestly, Do Really Know What You Did Last Summer, Why Won't You Believe Me?