Can we ignore the same old questions please?

le_loup

enthusiasticsaver wrote: »

The irony of 3 pages of posts (including mine ) on a thread complaining about inane threads.

'cept there's only two pages - so that's saved some money.

eskbanker

le_loup wrote: »

'cept there's only two pages

Only for those set to display 30 or 40 posts per page, those set to 20 will have three, those with 10ppp will be onto page 6 by now!

bowlhead99

eskbanker wrote: »

le_loup wrote: »

enthusiasticsaver wrote: »

The irony of 3 pages of posts

'cept there's only two pages

Only for those set to display 30 or 40 posts per page, those set to 20 will have three, those with 10ppp will be onto page 6 by now!

As virtually nobody is still on dial-up internet, and modern computers/ phones can load and render 40 threads in pretty much the same time that they can do 10 or 20, it doesn't make a lot of sense to be using fewer than the maximum number of posts per page.

It's one of the first things I look for on the settings menu when joining a forum, as there's no real joy in pressing 'next' more times than you absolutely have to when reading a thread.

le_loup

.......... any other avenues we can wander down? Otherwise this thread will die and we must not let that happen!

Malthusian

bowlhead99 wrote: »

As virtually nobody is still on dial-up internet, and modern computers/ phones can load and render 40 threads in pretty much the same time that they can do 10 or 20, it doesn't make a lot of sense to be using fewer than the maximum number of posts per page.

The official Football Manager forum uses 100 posts per page by default and to be honest I find it a little off putting. (It also has very small text, not that this should matter when you can adjust your zoom and resolution as you wish, but it probably says something about the average age of the forum.) Perhaps it's because if a page is too big, you lose the ability to scroll through it with accuracy - if you want to go back to a certain post (and can't remember a relevant phrase to Ctrl-F for) you have to hunt up and down using the scroll bar instead of "back 2 pages, then in the middle". Perhaps pressing "next page" just gives you a quick break from reading, and 20 is the sweet spot between too much waiting and too much continuous staring at text.

There's a reason nearly every UK newspaper has gone to the Berliner size and the old broadsheets that only a gorilla could hold comfortably are extinct (other than the Torygraph which exists mostly in fossil form anyway).

(See, there's a fascinating tangent for you le loup. Maximum posts per page, yay or nay?)

Elijah_Bailey

At the risk of breathing life into this corpse of a thread.....

I find reading the title of a thread a helpful clue as to whether it deserves my attention. If a thread is called "I have a boil on my bum and I cannot site down" I will not read it as I have no interest in carbuncles nor do I possess any medical knowledge to assist with localized skin infections.

I think regular visitors should try to be a little considerate as financial management can be a difficult and scary issue for some people to face and they do not deserve mockery or dismissal.

We were all learner drivers once upon a time.

Chickereeeee

When checking to see if a subject has been covered before, it would be helpful if the forum search facility was of any use at all.

Not everyone knows or uses site specific Google search.

I think the 'Forum Search' button, when searching on text, should just bring up a Google search, with "site: forums.moneysavingexpert.com"

C

hutman

Sometimes the answer to a puzzle in someone's head will not make a great deal of sense until they ask the question on their own accord.

Think about when you ask a question and the related activity ensued in one's brain.

Pincher

hutman wrote: »

Sometimes the answer to a puzzle in someone's head will not make a great deal of sense until they ask the question on their own accord.

One of my driving instructors shouted at me, "Are you stupid!", because I obviously didn't do something right. This was on a purpose built circuit inside the grounds of a driving school, so mistakes were not so serious.

Anyway, I'm sure he was frustrated by a steady stream of stupid drivers, getting behind the wheel for the first time. I did pass first time, so my stupid period finally ended, under the tutelage of a more patient teacher.

A tutor gets PAID to help stupid idiots who don't get it.
They don't have the luxury of choosing only bright pupils.
There is no money here if you help people.

So, advert:

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d70cw6

typical entitled special snowflake millennial.