I wanted to suggest another possible change to the message board... just for consideration. (Or maybe what I have is really a question....)

At the top of the message board is a link to the "Top 20 Topics." This list includes what I think are 20 recently-added to threads that have the most postings to them. When you go to that webpage, there are some statistics underneath the Top 20, and then there is a list of the "Recent 20 Posts," which lists the last 20 postings, regardless of topic.

I have started looking at the "Recent 20" a lot, especially since there are so many more boards to check now. This is an easy way to see what has been added in the last little bit. Then I just click on the ones that interest me.

I don't find the "Top 20 Posts" all that useful, since many of these posts are often "old" but have been triggered since someone has just added another comment.

I wonder if it would make sense to "flip" the "Top 20" and the "Recent 20" and put the "Recent 20" at the top of the list. But (here's my question)-- is there some other easy way to see what's been posted on the whole message board since the last time you checked??

Kathy

I flipped them:
http://www.slowtalk.com/toptopics.htm

On any page, if you click FIND there is an option "New Since Your Last Visit". This might be what you want. I don't use that - but just move through to forums and use the light bulbs to tell me which threads have new content.