Thread message count

[NetworkGuy]

If you are looking at a long thread with 'pages' mode enabled, you get info like

This is page 1 of 4 (This thread has 157 messages.)

at the bottom, just above the input box for new comments.

However, if you are in 'all messages' mode, there's nothing near that box which tells you how many messages exist on a thread.

Each page ends with

Add a message < quite a big amount of space > Show all messages or
Add a message < quite a big amount of space > Show pages

Could you not put the number of messages in the thread in that space, ie

Add a message (This thread has xxx messages.) Show pages | all messages

I always sometimes leave all messages displayed, and later on, refresh the thread. If the message count jumped from 120 to 150 I'd know there had been quite a few new messages and go back further to spot where I was 'up to'. The number of messages is handy whichever method one is using to display the thread, and since there is a 'standard' line displayed in both cases, could the count not be displayed there for those of us who use the 'all messages' method of display, please?

Hi NG
Thanks for this - I'll pass on and find out why we don't do this and if we could feasibly in future?

Thanks. It looks as if it was shown for pages, but when the addition of 'show all posts' was added (I assume it was that way round), the display of how many posts existed may have been overlooked...

Would still like to see this put in, if possible, please ?

Hi NetworkGuy

Thanks for this and sorry for the long silence. We'll remind the Tech team about this, but they've got an enormous to-do list at the moment so to be honest it's not likely to happen in the near future, I suspect.

OK... know they're only still busy with the iPhone App (leaving Android users waiting! :) )

Hi NetworkGuy. I've made a change to have the bar show even when all messages are being displayed, so you should be able to see the message count consistently in either case.

Thanks very much...

Does the trick even if it may confuse someone (saying "This is page 1 of 1" as well as having the "Show Pages" link/opion on the line above).