It seems to work as expected now, after your change. I had the settings below.

Still only works this way when logged in though.

I notice also that this thread can only be viewed if signed in. Seems odd.

Just now, Zed Head said:

I notice also that this thread can only be viewed if signed in. Seems odd.

It's a forum question, not for just anybody I assume, members only.

We, well not so much me as Zed Head and Captain Obvious who have to know why, keep you on your toes. I vote them President and Vice-President of our little club. Maybe they'll rub off on some others...

I just changed my account settings to take me to the most recent. I haven't done much clicking around yet, but it seems that now it takes me to the end of the thread (like I usually want). The option to choose between beginning or end is gone, but at this point, I greatly prefer end over beginning. (So if beginning option is gone, I'll get over it.)

5 hours ago, Mike said:

Can you check your account settings and make sure you have the option selected appropriately?

Was this an option with previous versions of the forum? I never did a lot of clicking around before either, but I don't remember seeing anything like that.

Edited March 10Mar 10 by Captain Obvious

So there is that "change layout views" switch below the content option. I don't know what the stuff in there does, but I'm gonna mess around when I have the brain power, but I don't want to go changing a whole bunch of stuff at the same time. If I do that, I won't know what each option does.

Is there an option buried in there that says "I have zero need for:

dark mode
featured content
whether a post was made an hour ago, or two hours ago
focused content
download categories

Just show me the most recent posts in reverse chronological order regardless of what sub-forum they are in, and I (with real intelligence, not artificial intelligence) will decide which of those I will open and read"?

Oh, and when I do open something, it would be really nice to have a clear unmistakable delineation contrast between different posts in the thread, and a clear unmistakable delineation contrast between quoted content and current content.

I don't know if it's just me, but I have never, or ever will, had my significant other bothered by the light because I'm poking around on the forum at night in bed. I'll gladly pass on dark mode if I can use the development cycles for features that I'll use.

I really like this place, the people, and the content revolving around our shared passion. I just want it to be clean and simple to use. I'm old and don't like change. 😵‍💫 I have no idea what that emoji is going to look like for the rest of you guys, but to me it looks like a smiley with some stars next to it.

19 hours ago, Zed Head said:

Here's a thread focused on the problem @Captain Obvious

Points - behavior when you're logged in is not the same as behavior when you're logged out. When you're logged out it doesn't matter what you click on all you get is the first post of the thread.

Thanks Zed Head. Forgot to mention that I didn't see this thread earlier because, like you, I don't log into the site unless I have something to say. I typically browse without being logged in, and if I see something that I want to talk about, I'll log in. But only then. Why? Because I can browse whenever and from wherever I am. Public networks, open hotel wifi, friends devices if I'm not home. Faster, safer, easier. Pop in real quick just to see what's going on in the ten seconds when the boss isn't looking at my screen.

I suspect many of the members do the same thing. Since so much of the classic Z's are linked to classic Owners, I'm pretty sure there is a large proportion that do the same thing.

So any behavior that is different between being logged in and not logged in will be lost on me until I happen to log in.

22 hours ago, siteunseen said:

I vote them President and Vice-President of our little club.

Thanks Cliff but that would be too much responsibility. Selecting a cabinet and starting a meme coin and all of that. (Couldn't resist, it's wrong no matter whose side you're on. Please don't DOGE me bro...)

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Edited March 10Mar 10 by Zed Head

On 3/9/2025 at 1:44 PM, Zed Head said:

It seems to work as expected now, after your change. I had the settings below.

Still only works this way when logged in though.

Today it's back to the backwards way. Weird stuff! Alwyays entertaining.