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[gszakacs]

Today on the forum front page, the link to recent threads has disappeared!

Is this function being removed or just the link to it?

This is the most convenient view for those of us who visit the forums frequently and want

to see what's new without browsing through all of the categories.

-- Gabor

[chughes · Accepted solution]

Hi Gabor,

It's back!

Sorry about that!

Caroline

[eteam00]

The 'most recent threads' listing is ordered by original post date, not date of most recent post.  Is this a per-user profile selection, or is this fixed by design?

-- Bob Elkind

[gszakacs]

When the forums were just starting up, a number of people asked for a "most recent posts"

feature.  Since then all of the boards normally sort by most recent post, but the "most recent

threads" has not changed.  For those of us who visit the forums regularly, a most recent posts

(like a normal newsgroup) would be very nice without having to visit each board individually.

On the other hand, sorting by thread origin date helps to reduce the rewards for those who

"ping" threads or re-open old threads with unrelated questions.

-- Gabor