I don't really get the "read new" feature. From when I've tried it, I assume it's taking me to the most active thread of all those to which I've subscribed (um...almost all - I like keeping my options open).

I just go to whichever thread is catching my eye. Clicking on a thread takes me to the new posts anyhow. Am I missing something about "read new"? Why for all the subscribing and un?

Read New saves you a click. Instead of seeing a message in Firefly, then clicking on the Firefly thread, you click Read New and it takes you to a message. It's more useful when things are slow in Natter or after you've caught up. I have Read New bookmarked so I can see what's new with a couple keystrokes.

I can't seem to control which thread with new posts that it takes me to, though. I think I'm missing something. I checked the faq type links for a refresher when we migrated, but don't remember seeing anything. I think the filk made me laugh so hard I forgot everything else. Did I miss it?

eta...

When I checked, this was all I found:

To check subscriptions in all your threads, you can use the "Message Center" option to check for new messages in your subscribed threads, or you can use the "Read New" link to check for new posts in all your threads.

Would it be possible, in the bright and shiny future, to have the option of choosing within which thread yis want to be searching? WX allowed you to do that once you were in that specific thread. I love the all threads/subbed thread thing but I'm subscribed to so many threads it's tricky.

I can't seem to control which thread with new posts that it takes me to, though. I think I'm missing something.

No, you're not missing anything. Read New takes you to new messages, wherever they happen to be. Message Center is for when you want to decide which thread to read when.

I just got a quote in the corner that just said, "Buffy, Becoming (II)" without any actual quote there.

Would it be possible, in the bright and shiny future, to have the option of choosing within which thread yis want to be searching? WX allowed you to do that once you were in that specific thread. I love the all threads/subbed thread thing but I'm subscribed to so many threads it's tricky.

Really? Cause I was there today searching for something and searched the whole folder not each topic.

I love the search feature here, even if I can't ever search for instances of my name.

You can search the whole folder, or the thread you are in. You have to choose. There are radio buttons.

t edit What's with that name, anyway? "Radio buttons"?

Radio buttons are like the ones that car radios use to have, with the preset stations. They were partly mechanical, so that only one could be pushed in (to select it) at a time.

Next I will explain to you why we "dial" the telephone.

Comes from car radios that used to have these plastic buttons along the bottom that you could program to individual stations. If one was pushed in, none of hte others would work. When you pushed in another button, the one that had been pushed in popped out. It means that only one at a time can be chosen, and you change it by clicking on one of the options.

Edit: Darn your fast fingers, Theo.

(Counting the rings to see how ancient I actually am.)