When a search results in more than one page of results, the first page is sorted by date posted. Clicking to the next page shows the results alphabetically. Clicking back to the first page finds it too sorted alphabetically.
This makes it more difficult to follow a series, especially in a large group of results, such as The Swarm Cycle. The fact that the initial page is re-sorted by clicking to the next page and back makes it appear to be a bug.
Thanks for listening
smitht
It's a long time known problem that has been discussed here before several times. It happens on several listing pages like the author and universe story lists. I always click the sorting header once or twice to ensure that I see the correct order or you can click page 2 and back to page 1 to force the paginator to reload in the order that the little arrow in the header displays.
@ Keet
Thank you for your prompt response.
I am unfamiliar with the "paginator" and I am uncertain what you refer to as "the sorting header". I apologize for being dim, but I don't know where to look for those.
smitht
I am uncertain what you refer to as "the sorting header".
For premium level members, the descriptive headers on columns of listings pages are actually links which can be clicked on to sort the results by that column (even if there are not enough results to be split across more than one page by the paginator). Basic level (free) members get text, not links, on these column labels in most cases.
@madnige
Thank you. That resolves a niggle that wasn't critical, but was vexing. And an old dog learned a new trick.
Another minor-but-useful thing:
If you click the bent arrow at the bottom-right of a post, you get to reply to that post, which fills in the @name as a link back to the original post and adds a link to your reply at the bottom of the original post.
If when you click on the bent arrow you also have some text from that post highlighted, that text is entered into your reply as a quote. Be careful though, you can select text from a different post than that which you are replying to, which usually isn't what you want and can be confusing.
you can select text from a different post than that which you are replying to
You can also select the text of the post you are replying to and click the bent arrow of a different post, and end up with the same basic result - linking one poster's text to the poster of another post.
You can also select the text of the post you are replying to and click the bent arrow of a different post
I didn't know that.
I didn't know that.
I found that out when I did it by accident.
If you stop and think about it, the software doesn't know why you selected a specific text string or why you click the bent arrow of a different post. All it does is display the poster of the bent arrow post and the selected text.
