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Hey whs. rtf was invented by MS

@Lighthouse: I didn't know that. Also wikipedia says RTF was made for cross-platform document interchange in 1987. I didn't know Microsoft made any format for cross-platform use.

On forum ideas, I don't know if it's possible but if well one is writing a reply or editing you could get a notification of a new post that would be cool.
At the moment you make start writing a reply and then submit it and find out the post was already answered.

@whs: That is the exact page I just read and was referring to when I wrote "Also wikipedia says" above.

just a thought as I am reading this topic ... I know that in a normal forum the newest entry goes to the bottom.... but I have noticed that if you are following a thread then you have to scroll all the way there. wouldn't it be more efficient to post the newest post at the top of the first page?

I think he means posts in a thread. It may be more efficient, but I think it would be far too disorienting to newcomers.

Also, perhaps a reply button by each post would be useful?

It's a fairly standard convention to have latest post on the bottom... I've rarely ever seen a forum or comments system that works the other way.

Remember that your posts are also read by many people that don't participate... hopefully when solving a thread for one person the solution is preserved for others to follow.

@Lighthouse, I never noticed the last reply up there before. I think that is a sufficient enough solution to my scrolling dilemma. Thanks!

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I don't know if theis is the thread for this but sometimes when I look at a post on the forum someones post will not show up. It shows as a blank post then I have to highlight it and it shows just fine. Make sense? let me know if I should start a new post.