New format, dislike.....

I suggest that consideration be given to sorting that listing based on the date and time of the initial post in each thread.

This is especially true when you're reading threads in order down the page but when you return to the main listing to move to the next thread you're interested in, the page refreshes and the "next" thread has moved above the last one you read.

Rather than do it one way or the other, I would like to see an option. I like the data being constantly updated. Others may not. For Popular Discussions they implemented an option of Most Recent or Most All tim, at the top of the column. I would like to see more options like that. Some will like it one way and some the other. And some will want to go back and forth. They already did this type of option for Popular Discussions, so it should be relatively easy to do in other places.

I miss the "Old Threads" section that was located below Virtual Systems. It was sorted and updated by new activity.
Does anybody miss this section? It was better than looking thru each separate forum for an interesting old thread. Also, threads that just left the 48 hour list would be located in this section.

LR57, I miss that.  I'm not big on change to begin with but am trying to assume merit here; yet, this still leaves me struggling a bit to understand how things are organized.  In the previous format, multiple recent contributions to a given old thread would be found chronologically sorted under the name of the thread - which is what you are saying, I think.  Now, it seems like individual responses for an existing thread (these are found by scrolling to below the "thread categories" section) get posted separately....so you can see the same thread title appear multiple times here depending on how much activity there was.  At least that's what I think is going on.  Like I said, still trying to figure things out.  

Another thing I would suggest is to have the most recent input to a thread appear at the top rather than being "last".  Comments would appear in reverse order as to how they do now...newest first, oldest last.  

Had enough contact with these types of projects in my work life such that I realize compromises have to be made.  But I did like seeing just the thread name with sequential contributions to it vs having to figure which category it might appear in or look for the various responses interspersed amongst multiple unrelated threads.

 

I exactly agree with lowrider, and wonder why no one else has mentioned it.  This page (referred to above) showed every new topic being added as well as new posts to old threads, all on one page.

ghosthouse

Another thing I would suggest is to have the most recent input to a thread appear at the top rather than being "last".  Comments would appear in reverse order as to how they do now...newest first, oldest last.  

IMO, that would be incredible awkward, if I understand you correctly.  It might be OK in a thread when only one or two comments have been added, but trying to read a long thread from bottom to top would be very awkward.