There are alot of people like me, who hate threaded view :)
Were there no flat view on DPR, I would have never visited DPR forums (unless for searching technical information through google or similar).
Sept. 18, 2025
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I personally don't understand the fuzz about threaded view, actually the only Forum I know/visited that has that option is DPR, And I didn't use it when I had an account at DPR
All other forums I use/visited and have been part of the crew(moderator/admin) never had/have that or any kind of threaded view option. -
most people use both, because it is the most productive way to view old and new threads. otherwise may as well use a single excell page 🫣😁
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Popcorn just delivered, hope a fortnight's worth is enough.
As others have already stated, there's a lot more to this than a threaded vs flat fracas.
Pity a few mock-ups weren't shown or are they making decisions blind ? Sounds like it.
They offer these,
bcgforums.com/
macrumors.com/
but I seriously doubt they will stray THAT far from a successful format. -
Sirs,
A discussion should allow different perceptions of the issue at hand. So if participants are not exposed to alternative views thwy may never reach proper understanding. This requires dicipline in responding to utterances, not straying from the issue at hand. A consequence of this is that discussions should run post by post, not discussant by discussant. Participation might even be conditional upon having read all previous posts.
p.
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I will welcome threaded view when it finally arrives here.
I assume there will be an easy to use switch, to select "flat" or "threaded" view, as there currentlly is in DPR.
That way, everyone can choose to use whatever they feel is best at anytime. -
Hi,
I am involved in dozens of technical forums and every one has a threaded view. Half of them don't even offer a flat view. There are always several side discussions necessary for practically every thread in technical forums.
And DP Review is a technical discussion forum firstly. And we struggled with only flat view in the early days. Hence the addition of threaded view.
I will be very glad to see it implemented here. I don't participate much at all here because of the flat view. It is difficult to follow a flat view discussion past a few entries. And, if I don't read, I can't participate, if they go flat view only, I won't be reading much there either.
Stan
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I think we should not generalize (my fault too, sorry) - we don't know real flat/threaded view usage statistics. (DPR defaulting to threaded view does not help either.)
Preferring one kind of view over other is likely deeply personal, it is related to reading habits and what kind of information people want to get - and to screen size. Also no one can define, what is more or less productive way for others.I'm used to read in linear way, I want to see everything at a glance - it is somehow similar to browsing various online shops, where I always choose maximally possible items count per page. Scrolling is OK, jumping forth and back not. YMMV.
PS. Single excel page is much better than couple of related excel pages or even files :)
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Well done Daneland for asking the question that needed to be asked over on DPR.
I have always seen the threaded view as the logical solution for Forum software. I followed the link to their new platform and immediately saw that threaded view was missing.
To save money, I presume, our friends are taking one step forward and three steps back. A pretty dumb choice, in my opinion.
Immagine the classic M43 "equivalence" thread, with a hundred "Oh yes it is, Oh no it is non" verbal fisticuffs, on flat view. Flat view is fine for short threads.
With threaded view it is easy to ignore the "Danno's" of this world as you can skip over their ramblings and nastiness without having see what they have spewed forth. -
Sounds like fun - see here for example (244 posts to read before you can post).
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Anybody for reading 574 and counting posts, in flat view?
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I went there to see what these questions are; but not being able to find the info in the big thread, I gave up!
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David
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no ,lost me at 30 😊
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QED. 👍
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Me :)
Preferrably not in 10-post pages - here I can set 50 posts per page, that makes 12 pages - no problems whatsoever. Sure I don't read all posts throughly, I'm more skimming posts for information.About why many forum platforms do not include threaded view - that likely depends on original developer(s) habits and ideas. Were I to design new forum software, I would never consider such option (well, at least before reading this and some other threads) - and as threaded view needs different database structure and presentation/UI logic, then I would be quite reluctant to adding it afterwards.
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Xpat and others maintain that reading all post is an unsurmountable task, Yes, if you are slow, but even in the equivalence debates one can quickly scan posts. Also, recognizing rational posters by name helps.
The problem with only following certain arguments is that one may miss important facts. In dicussions about physics and technology avoiding "opinion bubbles" seems less important than when people discuss policy matters.
p.
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Hi,
Many times I only read the replies to the OP. And so not read the replies to the replies.
Other times, it is a side discussion which grabs my interest more than the replies to the OP past the first dozen or two.
All easily accomplished in Threaded and a Royal Pain in Flat.
Reading every post is more easily accomplished in Threaded than Flat, as I can roll down each cluster of replies in turn.
There is a Lighthouse Thread of photos I would like to post here, where I show each as a reply to my OP on the subject, and then reply to each one with the backstory of what was involved getting each one. That works far better with a Threaded view than a Flat one.
It is the choice of either which is important, though. I am not up for shoving either view at anyone.
Stan
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Often there are many previous posts quoted ad nauseam, so getting up to speed can be easy, by reading the quoted posts backwards. (They are indented and coloured, which helps!)
David
