I liked the old format just fine! Particularly I liked the date function so I could see how old a post was.

I also would rather have the option of seeing how many resonses (the number of replies) rather than all of the replys. However the reply issue is a matter of personal likes and dislikes.

Keep up the good work on the forum.

-- Anonymous, July 21, 1999

Answers

Hmmmmm. Nothing has changed other than a password requirement. The rest of the format is the same as it ever was. Perhaps you're coming in on the "thread" side of the greenspun.com bboard - here's the correct URL for the forum index, which (again) has not changed in format:

Hot link

URL (you may need to cut and paste):

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=Electric%20Utilities %20and%20Y2K

-- Anonymous, July 21, 1999

Got it, everything is as it was now! Thanks.

-- Anonymous, July 22, 1999

why is a cookie required?

and exactly what is it tracking on my system?

-- Anonymous, July 23, 1999

To store the password, so you won't be prompted repeatedly. So I suppose. But, it doesn't seem to always work on this machine.

-- Anonymous, July 23, 1999

Actually Marianne, Those Cookies grab your email address from your email client, your IP address, and send it all to a central database on a secure CIA server....we track those who do not cower to the official line....lol.

Regards,

-- Anonymous, July 23, 1999