Hi Everybody,
SORRY -- but I still have major complaints.I also have a brilliant solution.
COMPLAINTS:Enormous amount of wasted white space.Too much stumbling around to get anywhere or to return.Double space when I hit enter. That's the worst. I have never seen it anywhere else.Too much irrelevant stuff on most pagesI can't read the tiny print. I don't like blue type.I don't like to use blue arrows to see more posts. I want them on one screen. If the screen fills up, then scrolling down should get me more posts. That's how it's done everywhere else.I don"t know who is replying to who.I don't know when I have read all posts in a thread.etc. etc. etc.
SOLUTION (of sorts)This solution was worked out by an electrical engineer (me) so it hits the head right on the nailIf a modern programming language -- like Microsoft Visual C# -- was used it should not be a big deal to implement. Visual C# separates the layout from the "code behind" so there should not be any significant changes in the program code.
Here it is !Opening a post should show a similar layout except that the center column is replaced by the post.Again, this layout or something equally simple should not be a big deal to implement if a modern programming language was used.
Phil