For example:
- In the Options section of the User CP, you can set the number of viewable posts per page from the default (10) to the maximum (40). You could also change it to as few as five posts if you would like, but I figure people would always look to have more if they can.
- If you click on the 'number of replies' link for any one thread, it will show how many posts you have in that thread. If you click on your post count for that thread, it will display all of your posts in that thread (maybe you can hunt for a post easier that way).
- OS Real Time is available under the Quick Links drop-down menu above. It shows every post made on the forum without the need to refresh the page. The only real drawback to this is it does not hide text wrapped in spoiler tags.
- The multi-quote button (the 'plus' sign with quotation marks at the bottom of posts) is an easy way to quote multiple posts at once. Press one of those, then press "Quote" for another one, and your post that you type will show up as you start to type out your next post.
- Are you at work and you don't want to be caught on OS? Change the forum skin using the drop-down box on any page from your current skin (for instance, mine is "OS 2.0 Default") to the "OS 1.0 I'm At Work" skin. the pages will be white and avatars will disappear, making it look a bit like a normal page if a superior passes by your station.
- Are you at work and you can't get on OS because it's blocked? Try http://www.osatwork.com/ and see if it passes through the page block filter your site has.
If people have other little things that they do or know about, no matter how obvious it may seem or how inconsequential it is, go ahead and throw them out there to potentially help a somebody. Maybe if people know better thread search techniques, or something about BB code that could help.
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