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I hope to make someone out there know that the old HTML is out and new PhP is in.

PhP is in? Then why haven't I heard of it? I think you're being either premature, optimistic, or wishful here.

FR is the most user friendly forum I've found, whether using it or just poking around and reading it for fun.

I agree we don't need that other type, but I disagree about "user-friendly" on FR, WADR. I'd had to figure out what the heck is going on in here for about 2 months, and I still have questions (that aren't vital).

There is 1 message board format I love; it is simple and to-the-point. Unfortunately, just about all my old fora have gone to a new format which is OK and indeed superior in some ways, but the old fora that had it were so much easier to use than all these. They were threaded, and the replies cascaded from whatever post was being answered, so it was clear who was speaking to whom or about what. None of this strictly sequential/chronological stuff. Additionally there were usually options to order threads any way you wanted (chron by thread, chron by latest post, etc).

Of course, we have the dimension here of posting articles, altho I don't see why they can't be posted in a nicer standard discussion format.

Here, I have to actually "ping" or answer a thread *and* log in to hope to ever see it again, as there are so many yet only ~20 threads ever show on a front page.

Not to mention other aspects of this forum that are inconsistent depending on what type of page you're on.

Again, WADR I know that this is a highly successful forum (probably mainly cuz we ultra-conservatives finally found a place to hang out together) and alot of work goes into it, but it is nonethess MHO that the format could be better. And I know, no1 asked me, but hey, the subject came up.