revhead307 posted:

Thanks Wayne,

That would be useful, how do i change it, or is that a members only setup?

Cheers
Rev

Wayne (NSW) posted:

At the top of the page a blue box with Forum Search Options. on the bottom of the box there is Sort Options. In red it will have " All Active Treads Sorted by Post ID", in blue it will have" Switch to Response Time Order". If you click on the latter it will change to the order that a response or thread was last posted.

Wayne

revhead307 posted:

Beauty!

Thanks,
Rev

ExplorOz Team - David posted:

Andrew,

Sounds like you have your browser font select set to something other than normal. If Internet Explorer go View - Font Size and make sure it is set to Normal.

ExplorOz Team - David posted:

Oops View - Text size not font size.

Vivid Adventures posted:

Well I prefer to use Opera, but be that as it may, even in IE6, the only text changed by the View-Text Size change is in the buttons and headings, not the text of the posts.

Seems you have it fixed ...

Ciao for now
Andrew.

Bonz (Vic) posted:

I stopped using Opera because of the font size thing, it always looks either small or large, and I got sick of fiddling with it

Mad Dog (Australia) posted:

Sooner or later most of us eventually discover that these well known browsers are just slow oversized memory hogs created by a committee.
For the ultimate experience migrate to Maxthon.

ExplorOz Team - David posted:

OK, but then using the same logic you would not open up 5-10 categories to read the first page of results in each category either I guess?

There is no easy answer when this forum receives around 50 new threads and around 500-1000 answers and followups per day. How do you keep up to speed, some will and some won't. I do not think the format has much to do with it.

There has been some feedback about adding an additional category to threads that would allow you to open the site in an optional category mode however I have not looked into this as I think I can acheive the same result with search. In any case if you do not read past the first page then categories may not help as you would have to open up to 10 pages looking at between 20-80% of each page anyway.

The answers are never easy.

Vivid Adventures posted:

I'm a frequent user of www.dpreview.com's forums (many more forum features like viewing your own threads, viewing others posts etc.).

The categories work, because it tells you how many new posts there are, who is the most recent poster, etc. I have an interest in quite a number of the categories and I can see them at one view.

It is a much more rapidly moving site than this, and it works well.

I recommend you take a look - as much as I appreciate all your hard work programming this site, I can't help thinking that if the same energy were layered on top of a configurable package that you'd have an even better site!

Ciao for now
Andrew.

scottp posted:

David,

I think that the current format is great.

Keep up the good work

Member - Norm C (QLD) posted:

Current format is good I reckon. I occasionally look in on Overlander and 4WD Monthly forums, both of which have categories. I prefer this format ( or perhaps it is the quality of the posts and the characters I prefer).

Bonz (Vic) posted:

Here we go again, categories dont work for me cause I never know where to look and end up only looking in one, much prefer it all in the one so I can scan down and look at whats been forummed

Vivid Adventures posted:

any old Wireless ADSL router/modem and an ISP with an ADSL service (assuming you can get ADSL).

Then you need a wireless modem for your laptop, and you're away.

Unless and until you live near enough to a free wireless hot spot (rarely than rocking horse bleep these days), that's your best way.

Ciao for now
Andrew.

revhead307 posted:

I just might Sand Man lol,

Im hankering for one of those wheel covers too.

Im frequent other forums (perth4x4.net, patrol4x4.com, 4wdmonthly.com) and they all have categorised areas. are all interesting for a short time.

However I like exploroz format as you get a broad variation of post topics that you may not usually find in a category you dont bother looking under.

I did like finding out about the time response however. I dont usually post unless i have something to say...but i read the forum daily.

Again David keep up the good work.

Rev