# This is so cool! Is it new, or am I just slow? (re: thread subscriptions) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 29, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-cool-is-it-new-or-am-i-just-slow-re-thread-subscriptions/301794 "2005-04-29T21:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-cool-is-it-new-or-am-i-just-slow-re-thread-subscriptions/301794/1 "2005-04-29T21:50:34Z")
My thread subscriptions have been piling up lately, because it’s a pain in the butt to go through them and unsubscribe one thread at a time … or worse, to unsubscribe and then re-subscribe in order to move the thread to a different subscription folder. But today I decided to bite the bullet and do some pruning, and BEHOLD!! There is a handy drop-down menu that lets me do all of my subscription managing quickly and easily! I’m so happy! 🙂 Is it a new gift from the Admins-That-Be, or was I just overlooking it this whole time? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-cool-is-it-new-or-am-i-just-slow-re-thread-subscriptions/301794/2 "2005-04-30T05:03:35Z")
I rarely use it, but I think it’s been here in some sort of form for a while; it probably did get an upgrade a few weeks ago when we went to the newest version of the vB software. Glad you enjoy it. (I’m grateful something works as promised around here!) your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-cool-is-it-new-or-am-i-just-slow-re-thread-subscriptions/301794/3 "2005-04-30T09:39:35Z")
I also just discovered a new (to me) feature and I love it. It’s the “hybrid thread display mode” and I have no idea how long that has existed, but it’s great for browsing threads. It’s the same old thread view (I think) we’re all used to, but with a little window on the top that shows the threaded view of all the posts, excerpted and linked! Watch, I was the only person not aware of this, I betcha. :smack: If you don’t already know how, you can access it by: - Clicking “User CP” on the left side of the blue toolbar on the top - Under the Control Panel go to “Edit Options” - Scroll down to the “Thread Display Options” section - Change “Thread Display Mode” to “Hybrid” - Scroll all the way down and click “Save changes” Enjoy the nifty hybrid threaded/linear goodness! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-so-cool-is-it-new-or-am-i-just-slow-re-thread-subscriptions/301794/4 "2005-04-30T10:58:30Z")
Bah, it was too good to be true. For some reason, when using the Hybrid mode, I can’t see all the pages of multi-page threads. Which, unless there’s a work-around I’m missing, makes it totally useless. ☹