Heh, yes, that particular thread is <A HREF="http://www.vcommunities.net/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=vzconnections&Number=271&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5" target="_new">here</A>. These people are chat boxes ... they almost use some of these threads like "real time chat", meaning they refresh every few minutes and add comments to it. (Each to their own!) So they normally do not have to go back to the first few pages.
I feel message numbers would help in other situations too -- but like I said, it is really only useful in flat mode, I can't think of a useful purpose in threaded mode. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
-M.
