flat is fine for me if the replies don't go deep and there isn't 100 replies to a post.
reading UBB or VBBS in flat mode is fine for me, it's built around flat mode.. but this forum is more centered around threaded replies, so reading it in flat mode isn't as obvious as it is when reading UBB (new posts never get mixed around in UBB, but they do in w3t)..
Also, the life of the threads I read is usually pretty long (has to be in order to get 100 replies eh?) there for you have already read half of the replies and you only need to read the new ones.. flat mode isn't good for that.. threaded mode let's you get in and out without worrying about what the other posts say...
I guess it just depends on the kind of forum you run and how much people like to talk in a single thread lol...
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Jeremy 'PeelBoy' Amberg
