That's something I find us a pain as well, I've set the pages to reverse so the newest post is the most recent.Can you get the 'Go to first new post' icon on threads to work properly? It hardly ever takes me to the first new post for the thread? Other than that I catch all new posts using the 'New Posts' feature so it doesn't matter which forum thread someone posts into, I catch them all.
Thanks puts quite a strain on the server so may not be workable, rep isn't so bad.what about a "thanks" button? - Just been on a video forum, asked a question, got my answer and just needed to say thanks and there was a "thanks" button - nice touch and it'll cut out things like ..
Thanks - have a nice day
Thanks - thats been really helpfull
Thanks - thats exactly what I wanted to know
Thanks - I'll try another forum then ...
and not forgetting the Rory Gallagher "Thanks a million" ...