There is another display style that LUGNET has, and which phpBB has as well, in which one can see the entire thread at once. LUGNET had a way to do this and show nesting, by drawing bars and indenting. Here's an example view
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=17792&t=i&v=a
phpBB does not offer this nested view (which is nice) but does offer a linear view, the posts in the thread are in chronological order. It requires you to discern the threading yourself. Here's a LUGNET example of an analogous view (same thread)
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=17792&t=f&v=a
Heavy users of phpBB tend to quote enough of the previous post so context is clear. A particular phpBB board I frequent a lot even automatically quotes the entire post, and gives you a direct link to that post at the top of the quote. You then remove what you don't want to quote (the way LUGNET enforced you to do).
Hope that helps
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=17792&t=i&v=a
phpBB does not offer this nested view (which is nice) but does offer a linear view, the posts in the thread are in chronological order. It requires you to discern the threading yourself. Here's a LUGNET example of an analogous view (same thread)
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=17792&t=f&v=a
Heavy users of phpBB tend to quote enough of the previous post so context is clear. A particular phpBB board I frequent a lot even automatically quotes the entire post, and gives you a direct link to that post at the top of the quote. You then remove what you don't want to quote (the way LUGNET enforced you to do).
Hope that helps