Okay - I've played with the thread display options and read the FAQs but still can't figure out how - or if - I can set up my page to display the responses under each thread heading. That way I can just read new responses without having to re-read the whole thread again.
Does anyone know what I mean?
What I have discovered is after reading a thread, if you use the "back" button, all the "new" messages that you just read in the the thread are not cleared as read and the thread itself does not indicate this either. It still has bold font instead of the fainter font. When you go into it the next time, it will go to the first message that was unread from the last time you read through the thread.
But, if you click on the "bread crumb" trail at the top or bottom (Home > Forums > Off Topic Boards > Suggestions, Comments, Questions, etc. > the all of the "New" posts markers are cleared. Using this method, the next time you come into the thread when there are new messages, you automatically go to the first unread message.
Using the "bread crumb" navigation method, when you go back into the thread and there are no new messages it starts at the first post in that thread.