Yeah, I too would like to see just the thread itself in flat view instead of expanded showing all of the replies. Some threads get so long that I have to scroll almost all the way down a 17" monitor to get to the next post. I haven't figured out these boards very well. At first I didn't know about clicking "mark all read", and was scrolling through many pages looking at posts because they didn't seem to bump their way to the top when replied to. Now that I found "mark all read", it's a bit better and I only see new posts. Renderosity is a large and complicated site and I love it, but I hate the way the boards work.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi