Me too. So, who cares where the threads fall?

I don't use read new much cause I like to decide which thread I read next. t /end control issues And I don't thnk suggesting improvments in any way denigrates the fabulous work that has already been done. I mean that is what this section is for. Possibly it is because I'm in the field myself. But generally a piece of software is a evolving entity. There will always be new suggestions regardless of how much is done. It is not like building a car or writing a work of fiction ( except maybe a textbook where there is always a new edition coming out). Hey we waited until the second day it was live before suggesting improvements. :)

And I don't thnk suggesting improvments in any way denigrates the fabulous work that has already been done.

I'm sorry if anything I said implied that you were denigrating -- for my part, I find it interesting that people perceive and use even a fairly simple, clean interface so differently.

I don't use read new much cause I like to decide which thread I read next.

MEMEMEME.

and I love it all just the way it is. no complaints. mwah mwah mwah.

I am message center's bitch! And ita's. They're going to have to share.

As is, this board swings like a pendulum do!

Buffistas on bicycles, two by two...

I am Read New's bitch.

Me too. And I LOVE that at the end of Read New, it puts you right at your message center.

I love it ,too. My only quibble with read new is that I wish it would stay in a thread until you've read all the posts in the thread, rather than jumping around each time you click. But then I suppose it wouldn't actually be Read New. :)

And (not accusing anyone of suggesting this) suggesting improvements NE complaints.

I would love this board if it stayed in this exact form forever. It is already superior to the WX in all it's incarnations, including TT and PF.

But that does not mean if I see a way to make it better I won't suggest them.

And, since I'm pretty good at PHP, perhaps help implement them.

My only quibble with read new is that I wish it would stay in a thread until you've read all the posts in the thread, rather than jumping around each time you click.

Click Next.

Click Next.

But then I have to actually decide which link I want to click. t whine

I just thought of a great metaphor to explain why no-one should be sad when someone asks for improvements.

If you are a jeweler and set a diamond, and someone ask for a change there is a certain sadness involved. You did your craft, and the person was not satisfied as with it as it was. But software development is not like diamond cutting, even though the Phoenix is a gem of a board.

Software development is more like cooking. If you serve someone a dish, and they ask for seconds, this is not sad - it is the best compliment a chef can get. If you write a novel , and someone asks for a sequel, again a great compliment. They want more.

No piece of software is ever really finished. When you comlete a dvelopment stage, and people start asking for a further stage, it is just like asking a cook for seconds. They love what you did and want more.

What would be bad at this point , what every develper fears is a bunch of people screaming "I can't get in..." . "It won't let me...".

That people are asking for improvements - not bug fixes tells you how great the board really is. It is in a way better that the other compliments, because it is unconcious, selfish, and therefore guaranteed sincere.