# A faster return after posting? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128 "2002-03-13T21:50:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/1 "2002-03-13T21:50:07Z")
Maybe I’m just impatient. After I make a reply post, the system takes me to my freshly made post. Then I click the BACK button four times, quickly. Back,back,back,back, like some electronic Chris Berman. Is there a more direct way to get back to the forum I was in? ---
**Author:** ![Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yo\_La\_Tengo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yo_La_Tengo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/2 "2002-03-13T22:07:22Z")
You could click the link across the top that says “About This Message Board” or “MPSIMS” or whatever forum you’re in. It took me a while to learn that, believe it or not. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/3 "2002-03-13T22:25:15Z")
Here’s a method that works if you’re using IE. Instead of merely clicking on a thread to bring it up, right-click on the thread and pick “open in new window”. Then when you’re done, just close the thread and the forum list is waiting for you. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/4 "2002-03-13T22:28:04Z")
Oops. Make that “the forum thread list is waiting for you.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/5 "2002-03-13T22:56:51Z")
Running Netscape something or other, I also use the “Open in New Window” feature. Actually, I now do something else. I open one window to view threads, and another window for replies, with a third window for the forum list. I copy and paste the thread link into the thread window URL field and open there, the copy and paste the REPLY button link into the next window. I do this to keep from opening and closing new windows, but it’s probably easiest to use the new window method. That way, I have the forum list on tap, can review the thread as I compose the reply, and once I hit submit I can merrily go back to the forum list and pick my next topic while the server is cranking. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-faster-return-after-posting/98128/6 "2002-03-14T03:13:45Z")
**Irishman** , that method initially seemed to me to be way too much work, but you do seem to save a lot of time waiting, and the ability to review the thread side by side with your reply window is intriguing. I’ll have to give that some thought. I use the “open in new window” method as well. In response to **AskNott** ’s question, that would be faster, or the method suggested by **Yo La Tengo** would also be faster. One click back to the forum front.