Also in most forums you have the option of starting from the newest post even though it is still is in chronological order.
FYI, this is called 'reverse chronoligical order'
Infact why it should be in chronological order is if some one new starts readin the thread he should be able to follow it.
If its in chronological order the new people would read it in order, and the existing guys would have to scroll to the end and read the last message.
If its in reverse chro, order, then new people would have to scroll all the way to the end (first message) and then read from there.
The new guys would have all messages available in case if they want to read. But since the messages are more frequenctly read by exisitng members, it would be logical to have what suits the more frequent users.
THe idea is to have more ppl read the thread instead of the same ppl.
Worng. The idea is to make it more easier for the new user. But this is not like a sales pitch, which would birng in new users who would not have come in case there was reverse chronological order
I checked out worldcrossing.com. Let me tell u ...that is the crappiest forum i have ever seen. It is looks like on of those outdated usenet newsgroups.
Hmm, is this a little bit of bitterness I sense? Come on its not such a bad site. Actually worldcrossing.com is one of the few sites based on the webcrossing software which is a very high end conferencing software. Check out this link, which lists some of the best sites on the web and worldcrossing was one of them:
http://www.iofficedaily.com/site.htm
Im no specialist on internet chat forums, but its unfair to call worldcrossing.com the 'crappiest forum ever'.
Once again, Im not trying to undermine the awesome work guys have put on this site, but scorpio is bieng a bit of a smartass here and I needed to write what I think.