I'm new to the concept of posting to message boards. I've been a part of email groups for awhile now, but that's fairly different.

I'm just finding it really tedious to navigate through all the messages.
Is there something I'm missing? Is there an easier way? Am I just a complainer?

If anyone has any tips, I'd appreciated them. Right now, I'm frustrated enough to not bother reading messages anymore unless there some easier way.

Chris

Hi Chris,

Make sure to read the FAQ, from the top right corner, it has lots of tips to using the forum.

I actually stoped using email groups since they were tedious for me

Here's how I navigate: I start by clicking the link on the top right "View new messages" it will list all the posts since I was last on line. I open each in a new window, to make less click for me.

Tip: To read the last post in a long thread, click the arrow to the right, instead of the thread title.

Hope this helps.

Wa'il

Thanks so much for the response!

I do appreciate it as I don't want to leave the forums as it's put me in contact with a lot of good people that are close to me (Toronto).

I had been doing as you said, of opening each of the new threads in a new window, but I wasn't using the arrow at the right to skip to newest message.
This will probably help alleviate my grumblings in reading the forums. Thanks for pointing out the FAQ too. It silly how sometimes a person can overlook something very obvious.


Chris

hint ... if you do find yourself faced with a very long message thread, and want to quickly get up or down without having to scroll endlessly till your mouse finger rots and falls off ....... try using the keyboard shortcuts .... Ctrl+Home for the top of the page, and Ctrl+End for the bottom.

just a thought, Doreen

( ..sorry you couldn't make it to the get-together on the 22nd .. maybe next time)

Thanks Doreen!

I had a feeling that people would come to my "rescue" if I asked for help.

Thanks for the keyboard shortcuts. I usually prefer to use the keyboard as opposed to the mouse. And I can't believe that after these few years of surfing that I didn't know those shortcuts. That does help alot.

I think I'll be sticking around with the tips given by Wa'il and yourself.

And it's a definite that I'll be there at the next get-together. I need to meet and talk with other people on carb-related WOEs.