TimeBomb2000 was moved by Ed Yourdon in March to ezboard,
where the upgraded software is much more condusive to a growing discussion group.

Here's your HotLink to join the new, improved TB2K:

ezTB2K

-- ezboard (features@are.better), September 28, 2000

Answers

Come join the rigorous, witty, informative and intelligent discussions at ezTB2K

If you register and then log in at EzBoard, you will be able to customize your viewing and posting just as you like it.

ezTB2K

Configuration for OPTIMAL Viewing

Register with EzBoard, then LOG IN (which sets a cookie that keeps your configurations).
Then:

Go into "My Control Center"
Click on "Personal" tab
Click on "Edit Preferences"
Check both boxes under "Cookie Control"
Check "Auto Fill Subject"
Do NOT check "View Only New Topics"
Check "Automatically Move New Topics To Top"
Check "Use Emoticons"
Check "Autocreate Links"
Do NOT check "Enable HTML In Posts" : this one is buggy. You can choose it when you are replying to a post if you like.
Check "Use EzCodes"
For "Max Number Of Posts Per Page" type in 100
"Post Area Width" leave on 60
...
then scroll to bottom of page and hit "Submit Changes"

You want to see this:

My Control Center/Logout | Show new only | Mark forum read | Search | Help
Post New Topic | Post New Poll | Expand | Forums Listing

Now, if yours says Collapse, click "Collapse" and it will become "Expand."
Screen may twitch a bit, and take a while to reload, and when it does:

Voila! That should make it better :-)

NOW, in addition, also

When in a thread, look at Links line along top. It should look like this:

Topics listing | View posts individually | Topic Commands | Email this to a friend

If it says "View All At Once," click that to view all the posts on the thread, which eliminates having to read black text against a darkish colored background.

ALSO, if there's black text on darkish colored background, you can sweep the cursor over the block of text you want to read easier, and highlight it. That will give you a bright background quickly!

To scroll down a page quickly, simply hold your mouse button on the Down Scroll Arrow.
Or, hit the "Page Down" button.
Or grab the scroll bar slider box with your mouse and jam it to the bottom (or wherever you want to go).

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PS The WebTV consultant sez to set your posts per page at 20.

-- ezboard (features@are.better), September 28, 2000.