In an unrelated note:
one small problem with the new Self-Search in general is that you can't see if you've already visited the thread, because of the "page=2" and stuff at the end of the URL.
If you put two links in there, one to the thread itself, and one to the post, people would be able to tell if they've been there before.
Another very, very small (insignificant) error is when you are previewing a post, the link in the "To:" button at the top takes you to the old thread format, rather than the new (that's about as insignificant as I can get with the nit-picking)
WAIT A MINUTE!! YOU MEAN THE THING CHIMES IN REAL-TIME EVERY TIME I GET A REPLY!!!??
THAT'S SO @#$^#$^#@$^@#$^# COOL!!!!! Stick to the important stuff, ignore my nitpicking!!
I'm sure someone else has mentioned this already but I want to also, so I can give my specific reason why I hope you restore the feature --
I'm referring to the fact that when someone pings me, my pinged name does not appear on the thread now -- the way I find my pings is to hit Ctrl + F and type in "gretc" and that brings up, in sequence, all the posts addressed to me. Can it be restored, so I don't have to keep toggling to the post numbers I was pinged to, on the "Self Search" page results?
what a fantastic number of improvements you have made to an already
outstanding site.
*wild applause from the happy valley*
now if the ags can pull a W out of their hat @ colorado!