Koasati - I don't like the changes............. where the hell is the back to msgbrd link? What was wrong with the way it was?
however, there is a "message board" link at the top of the page. it is a bit out of the way, but it is there.
as for how it was, did you ever open one of the long threads? once a thread passes say 100 posts it gets to be a real pain.
once a thread passes 1000 posts it is time to cry
on those threads you can either load all of it, in which case the page times out before loading, or you can only load the last few posts. this way is MUCH more helpful i think.
also only loading a "few" posts on each page is a LOT faster and easier for those of us on 56k modem connections